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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*=
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###£&=*=:¨ TO LEAVE  A  BASELINE DIFFERENT  TO  THE ¨:=*=&£###
##£&=*=:¨¨ LAST. NEW  CORRECTING CHEMS  NEED TO  BE ¨¨:=*=&£##
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=*=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*=
*=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              FARMS.                      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*
=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=
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