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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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