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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.                              ,~=†%@&¶##
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##¶&@%†=~, LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,~=†%@&¶##
###&@%†=~,              FARMS.                      ,~=†%@&###
&%†~,,,,,,              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ,,,,,,~†%&
##¶&@%†=~,              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ,~=†%@&¶##
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