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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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