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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 ####$$^-..
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..-^$$##@# attempts at large-scale industrial #@##$$^-..
..-^$##@## farming. bespoke chemicals are ##@##$^-..
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..-^$$#### (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 ####$$^-..
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..-^^^^$$# created then for each time the soil is #$$^^^^-..
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