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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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...,~=%% CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO #&%%=~,...
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..,~=%%# 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 ##&%%=~,..
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