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