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¨¨¨¨¨~=*&&                                          &&*=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=~.¨
¨¨¨¨~~=*&&                                          &&*=~~¨¨¨¨
¨.~=*%&### **=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=* ###&%*=~.¨
¨.~=*%&### *                lcross                = ###&%*=~.¨
¨.~=%&¶### =**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**= ###¶&%=~.¨
¨.~=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=~.¨
¨.~=***%&&   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    &%*~~.¨¨¨¨
¨.~=*%&###                                          ###&%*=~.¨
¨¨¨..=%%&& **=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=* &&%%=..¨¨¨
¨.~=*%%%%&                                          &%%%%*=~.¨
¨.~=*%&### 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. ¶¶%**=~.¨¨
¨.~=*%&¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶&%*=~.¨
¨.~=*%&¶## 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.                              ¶%*~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=~.¨
¨~=*%&¶### larger-scale forms.                      ###¶&%*=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=*&#              farms.                      #&*=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~=*%&&¶¶              they would employ their own ¶¶&&%*=~.¨
¨.~~~=**&¶              chemists (wizard-like       ¶&**=~~~.¨
¨.~=*%&&&&                        profession)       &&&&%*=~.¨
¨.~=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~*&                                          &*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=*&&¶                                          ¶&&*=~¨¨¨¨
¨.~=*%&&&¶                                          ¶&&&%*=~.¨
¨¨¨¨.==*&&                                          &&*==.¨¨¨¨