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........,~ ii. forced to land on foreign planet ~,........
.......,~^ iii. searched for traces of other life ^~,.......
......,~^% like ours, feels abandoned %^~,......
.....,~^%¤ iv. clunky build, rugged, problems ¤%^~,.....
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.......,~^ 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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......,~^% 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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