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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 ......~^=@
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=^~....... 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 .......~^=
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¤@=^~..... LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE .....~^=@¤
@=^~...... CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ......~^=@
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~......... LARGER-SCALE FORMS. .........~
.......... FARMS. ..........
~......... THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .........~
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