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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 §*/~:.....
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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 §*/~:.....
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..:~/*§£¶#              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN #¶£§*/~:..
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