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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 ......«*&¶
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##¶&$*†«~. ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL .~«†*$&¶##
#&$†~~.... FARMING.     BESPOKE    CHEMICALS    ARE ....~~†$&#
&$*†«~.... MANUFACTURED   AND  ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" ....~«†*$&
##¶&$*†«~. (DEAD)    SOIL   BEFORE   EACH    YIELD. .~«†*$&¶##
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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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