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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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...:~:%§@¶ %%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:% ¶@§%:~:...
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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.                              @§%:~:....
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......:~:% LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      %:~:......
.......:~:              FARMS.                      :~:.......
........:~              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ~:........
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