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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 ........~«
†«~....... WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS .......~«†
§†«~...... V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH ......~«†§
&§†«~..... BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS .....~«†§&
§&§†«~.... PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED ....~«†§&§
@§&§†«~... VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER ...~«†§&§@
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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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.......... CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO ..........
.......... GROW, CORRECTING THE AFTERBURN OF ..........
~......... METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE .........~
«~........ PREVIOUS YIELD. ........~«
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§†«~...... IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION ......~«†§
&§†«~..... TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE .....~«†§&
§&§†«~.... LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE ....~«†§&§
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