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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. .&.&.&&.&.
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&&.&&.&.&& 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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