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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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&&&.&.&.&& 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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&..&&&.&&& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .&&&..&&.&
&.&..&&... CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE &..&.&.&&.
&&&.&.&... PROFESSION) &.&&&&&.&&
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