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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.                      ,~«=*§§¤##
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###¤§*=«~,              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ,~«=*§¤###
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