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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       ####§=†~.¨
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