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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. ###&¤*==~,
,,~==*¤# ##&¤*==~,,
,,,~==*¤ 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) #&¤*==~,,,
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