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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 &.&..&.&.&
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&.&.&.&&.& GROW, CORRECTING THE AFTERBURN OF &.&..&.&.&
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&.&.&.&&.& PREVIOUS YIELD. &.&..&.&.&
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&.&.&.&&.& IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION &.&..&.&.&
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&.&.&..&.& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS &.&.&&.&..
&.&.&.&&.& TO BE USED. &.&..&.&.&
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