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.......~== = lcross = ==~.......
........~= ======================================== =~........
.........~ ~.........
.......... 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. =~........
.......~== ==~.......
......~==& 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. #@@&&==~..
...~==&&@@ @@&&==~...
....~==&&@ 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. =~........
.........~ ~.........
.......... larger-scale forms. ..........
.........~ farms. ~.........
........~= they would employ their own =~........
.......~== chemists (wizard-like ==~.......
......~==& profession) &==~......
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