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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 .&.&.&.&..
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&.&.&..&.& PROFESSION) .&.&.&.&..
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