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&.&&&.&&&. II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET &...&&.&&&
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.&.&.&.&.& LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED &.&&&.&..&
&&&&&&&&&. IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS &&..&&&.&&
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&&&.&..... ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ...&&&&&&&
..&&&....& FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE ..&.......
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&&.&&..&&& (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. &.&.......
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.....&.... IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION &..&.&&..&
....&&.... TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE &.&&&.&.&&
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..&&&&...& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS .&.&...&&&
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