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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 ###&%\~~..
...~~\%# TO BE USED. ##&%\~~...
....~~\% #&%\~~....
.....~~\%& LARGER-SCALE FORMS. &%\~~.....
......~~\% FARMS. %\~~......
.......~~\ THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN \~~.......
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