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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 @@****,,..
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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 ###@@**~,.
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.....,**&@ LARGER-SCALE FORMS. @&**,.....
.,~**&@@@@ FARMS. @@@@&**~,.
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