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#@§§$†~... III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   ...~†$§§@#
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#@§§$†~...  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      ...~†$§§@#
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§§$†~.....   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      .....~†$§§
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$†~.......      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    .......~†$
†~........  VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER    ........~†
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§§$†~..... (DEAD)    SOIL   BEFORE   EACH    YIELD. .....~†$§§
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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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§§$†~..... TO BE USED.                              .....~†$§§
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$†~....... LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      .......~†$
†~........              FARMS.                      ........~†
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