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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. .&&&..&&&.
....&&&&.. ..&....&..
&&&..&&... 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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