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&&&.&&..&. II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET ..&..&&.&.
..&&.&.&&. III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE .&&.&.&&&&
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&&&...&&.& IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS &&...&..&&
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.&&.&&&.&& V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH &&.&.&&&..
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&...&.&&&. ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN .&...&...&
&..&&&..&& CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS &&..&&..&.
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&&&.&&&&.. FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE &&&&&&&...
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.&.&..&&.& (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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