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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. ###$%:~~..
.~~:%$#### ####$%:~~.
..~~:%$### 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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