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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. ....~~:**@
**:~~..... .....~~:**
*:~~...... 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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