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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 ,^~†%*§@@@
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§§§*†~,,,, 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.                          ,^~†%*§§@@
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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 ,,,,~%%**@
##@§*%†~^, TO BE USED.                              ,^~†%*§@##
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##@§*%†~^, LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,^~†%*§@##
##@§*%†~^,              FARMS.                      ,^~†%*§@##
##@§*%†~^,              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ,^~†%*§@##
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