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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. ,~«*§%&¶##
&§««~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~««§&
&§§§**««~, 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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