.~=*$@&@##                                          ##@&@$*=~.
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.~==*$$&&&                                          &&&$$*==~.
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.......=$& $$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$ &$=.......
....=*$$&@ $                lcross                * @&$$*=....
.~=*$@&@## *$$**$*$$**$*$$**$*$$**$*$$**$*$$**$*$$* ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&###                                          ###&@$*=~.
...~=**$$&   i. sent on a rocket into earth orbit   &$$**=~...
....=$@&&#  ii. forced to land on foreign planet    #&&@$=....
......=$&& iii. searched for traces of other life   &&$=......
.~=*$@&@##      like ours, feels abandoned          ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@@@  iv. clunky build, rugged, problems      @@@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@##      with dust on solar panels           ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&###   v. pioneer experiment, not enough      ###&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@##      belief in its success for precious  ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@##      precious materials to be alotted    ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@@@  vi. finds water. finds fucking water    @@@&@$*=~.
.....==$@@                                          @@$==.....
.~=*$@&@## $$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$**$$*$ ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@##                                          ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@## on earth at this  time the soil has been ##@&@$*=~.
.~=*$@@@&@ contaminated  by  previous   generations @&@@@$*=~.
.~=*$@&@## attempts   at   large-scale   industrial ##@&@$*=~.
.....=*$$& 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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