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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       ¶@*;«,....
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