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&&.&.&&... II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET ....&&&&&.
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&&.&..&..& IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS ..&.&.&..&
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&.&..&&.&& V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH .&&.....&&
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&&&.&...&& VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER ..&..&..&.
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...&.&&&&. PREVIOUS YIELD. &&&.&.&&&&
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&.&&&.&&.& 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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