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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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