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,,,.«^$£@£  ii. forced to land on foreign planet    £@£$^«.,,,
,,.«^$£@£# iii. searched for traces of other life   #£@£$^«.,,
,.«^$£@£##      like ours, feels abandoned          ##£@£$^«.,
,,.«^$£@£#  iv. clunky build, rugged, problems      #£@£$^«.,,
,,,.«^$£@£      with dust on solar panels           £@£$^«.,,,
,,,,.«^$£@   v. pioneer experiment, not enough      @£$^«.,,,,
,,,,,.«^$£      belief in its success for precious  £$^«.,,,,,
,,,,,,.«^$      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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