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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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¶#$%*-:,,, LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,,,:-*%$#¶
#¶#$%*-:,,              FARMS.                      ,,:-*%$#¶#
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