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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 &&&&&&..&&
.&....&&&. FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE .....&.&..
&&...&..&. MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" ....&&&&..
.&..&&.&&& (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. ...&...&.&
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&...&&&..& CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO &&&&&&....
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&.&&.&&&.. 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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