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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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*†~^...... **†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†* ......^~†*
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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.                      ......^~†*
†~^.......              They Would Employ Their Own .......^~†
~^........              Chemists (Wizard-Like       ........^~
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