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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. .&&.&.&.&.
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&.&.&.&..& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .&&.&.&.&.
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