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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. @$%\~-....
...-~\%$@# #@$%\~-...
..-~\%$@## 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. @$%\~-....
.....-~\%$ $%\~-.....
......-~\% IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION %\~-......
.....-~\%$ 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 $%\~-.....
......-~\% PROFESSION) %\~-......
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