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§%*^~^.... **^*^^**^*^^**^*^^**^*^^**^*^^**^*^^**^* ....^~^*%§
@§%*^~^... *                lcross                ^ ...^~^*%§@
#@§%*^~^.. ^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^ ..^~^*%§@#
##@§%*^~^.                                          .^~^*%§@##
#@§%*^~^..   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.                              ..^~^*%§@#
@§%*^~^...                                          ...^~^*%§@
§%*^~^.... larger-scale forms.                      ....^~^*%§
@§%*^~^...              farms.                      ...^~^*%§@
#@§%*^~^..              they would employ their own ..^~^*%§@#
##@§%*^~^.              chemists (wizard-like       .^~^*%§@##
#@§%*^~^..                        profession)       ..^~^*%§@#
@§%*^~^...                                          ...^~^*%§@
§%*^~^....                                          ....^~^*%§
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