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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 :«^.......
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....^«:%&§ LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      §&%:«^....
...^«:%&§#              FARMS.                      #§&%:«^...
..^«:%&§#@              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN @#§&%:«^..
.^«:%&§#@#              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       #@#§&%:«^.
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