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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 .&........
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...&..&.&& 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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..&....... 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 ....&..&..
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&......&.. PREVIOUS YIELD. ..&....&..
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&..&...... 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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.&....&..& FARMS. ...&..&...
..&....&.. THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ....&..&..
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