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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 .....~;**@
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@@**;~.... 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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@@**;~.... 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 ......~;**
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