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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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,~«\$$@### attempts   at   large-scale   industrial ###@$$\«~,
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,~«\$$§@## manufactured  and   added   to   "clean" ##@§$$\«~,
,~«\$$$$$§ (dead)    soil   before   each    yield. §$$$$$\«~,
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