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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 ##@@^/«-..
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..-«/^@@## 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 ..........
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........-« (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. «-........
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