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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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