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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  #&$$$†*»^.
.^»*†††&&&      precious materials to be alotted    &&&†††*»^.
.^»*†$&###  vi. finds water. finds fucking water    ###&$†*»^.
.^»*†$&&&&                                          &&&&$†*»^.
.....»*†&# ††*†**††*†**††*†**††*†**††*†**††*†**††*† #&†*».....
.^»*†$&###                                          ###&$†*»^.
.^»*†$&&&& on earth at this time  the soil has been &&&&$†*»^.
....^^*$$& 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 ####&†*»^.
......»†$& metabolites  from   the  chems  of   the &$†»......
.^»*†$&### previous yield.                          ###&$†*»^.
.^»*†$&###                                          ###&$†*»^.
.....^»*$# it is  not uncommon for  each  iteration #$*»^.....
......»»†& 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.                      &†»»......
.^»*†$&###              they would employ their own ###&$†*»^.
.....»†$&&              chemists (wizard-like       &&$†».....
.^»*$&####                        profession)       ####&$*»^.
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