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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. .&.&..&.&&
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.&&.&.&.&. THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .&.&..&.&&
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