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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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.###...#.# ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL .##....#..
.#.##....# FARMING.     BESPOKE    CHEMICALS    ARE .###....#.
...###...# MANUFACTURED   AND  ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" .#.##....#
#..#.##... (DEAD)   SOIL   BEFORE    EACH    YIELD. ...###....
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##....#..# 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 ##..#.....
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