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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. .....@@@..
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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 @@.......@
.@@@..@.@@ to be used. .@@.......
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...@@@..@. larger-scale forms. .@.@@.....
...@.@@... farms. ...@@@....
.....@@@.. they would employ their own @..@.@@...
.....@.@@. chemists (wizard-like @@...@@@..
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