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\~........ II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET ........~\
%\~....... III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE .......~\%
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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" ......~\%%
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\~........ TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE ........~\
~......... LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE .........~
\~........ CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ........~\
%\~....... TO BE USED. .......~\%
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