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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 ........^~
:~^....... 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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@=:~^..... 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 .........^
~^........ 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 ..^~:=@@@#
##@@@=:~^. CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS .^~:=@@@##
#@@@=:~^.. TO BE USED. ..^~:=@@@#
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@@=:~^.... LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ....^~:=@@
@=:~^..... FARMS. .....^~:=@
=:~^...... THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ......^~:=
:~^....... CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE .......^~:
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