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,,~*=%&@## ==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*= ##@&%=*~,,
,,~*=%%&&# =                lcross                * #&&%%=*~,,
,,,,,,,*=& *==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==* &=*,,,,,,,
,,*=%&@###                                          ###@&%=*,,
,,~*=%&###   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. ##@&%=*~,,
,,,~*=%&@#                                          #@&%=*~,,,
,,,,~*=&@# 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.                          &&%*,,,,,,
,,~*=%&@##                                          ##@&%=*~,,
,,~*=%@### 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.                              &=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,~~*%@                                          @%*~~,,,,,
,,,,,**%%@ larger-scale forms.                      @%%**,,,,,
,,~*=%&@##              farms.                      ##@&%=*~,,
,,,~~**=%&              they would employ their own &%=**~~,,,
,,~*=%&@##              chemists (wizard-like       ##@&%=*~,,
,,,,,~==%&                        profession)       &%==~,,,,,
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