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§$$**«««^.  ii. forced to land on foreign planet    .^«««**$$§
#@¶§$*/«^. iii. searched for traces of other life   .^«/*$§¶@#
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#@¶§$*/«^.  iv. clunky build, rugged, problems      .^«/*$§¶@#
¶¶§**/^...      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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¶§*/^^....              chemists (wizard-like       ....^^/*§¶
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