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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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...~;%@¤#@ %%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;% @#¤@%;~...
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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       ~.........
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