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#@§**=«^,, *                lcross                = ,,^«=**§@#
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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. ,,,,,,,^«=
*=«^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^«=*
**=«^,,,,, 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.                              ,,,,,,,^«=
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=«^,,,,,,, larger-scale forms.                      ,,,,,,,^«=
*=«^,,,,,,              farms.                      ,,,,,,^«=*
**=«^,,,,,              they would employ their own ,,,,,^«=**
§**=«^,,,,              chemists (wizard-like       ,,,,^«=**§
@§**=«^,,,                        profession)       ,,,^«=**§@
#@§**=«^,,                                          ,,^«=**§@#
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