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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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&.&..&..&. 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 &.&.&..&.&
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&.&..&..&. THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN &.&.&.&&..
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