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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 .-~=*@@###
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###@@*=~-. 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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##@@@*=~-. 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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