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.@@..@@@@. % lcross / ..@@..@@..
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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. @....@@...
@....@@..@ ..@@....@@
..@@...... 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. .......@@@
@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@..@@
@@@@@@@@@@ larger-scale forms. .@@@@....@
@@@@@@@@@. farms. ..@@..@@..
.@@@@@@@.. they would employ their own @.........
..@@@@@..@ chemists (wizard-like ..@@@@@@@@
...@@@.... profession) ...@@@@@@.
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