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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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