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&¤¤†==::..   I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT   ..::==†¤¤&
@@¤†=.....  II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET    .....=†¤@@
##@&¤§†=:. III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   .:=†§¤&@##
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@¤¤§†=....  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      ....=†§¤¤@
#@&&¤§†=:.      WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS           .:=†§¤&&@#
##@&¤§†=:.   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      .:=†§¤&@##
#@@&¤§†=:.      BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS  .:=†§¤&@@#
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@&§§§†:...  VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER    ...:†§§§&@
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#@¤¤†††=:. ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL  HAS BEEN .:=†††¤¤@#
##@&¤§†=:. CONTAMINATED  BY  PREVIOUS   GENERATIONS .:=†§¤&@##
&§†††††=:. ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL .:=†††††§&
##@&¤§†=:. FARMING.    BESPOKE    CHEMICALS     ARE .:=†§¤&@##
##@&¤§†=:. MANUFACTURED  AND   ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" .:=†§¤&@##
##@&¤§†=:. (DEAD)    SOIL   BEFORE   EACH    YIELD. .:=†§¤&@##
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##@&¤§†=:. THESE  CHEMS  ARE  MADE  TO  CREATE  THE .:=†§¤&@##
#@@&¤§†=:. CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS  FOR THE  PLANTS TO .:=†§¤&@@#
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##@&¤§†=:. LAST.  NEW  CORRECTING CHEMS NEED  TO BE .:=†§¤&@##
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