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§$:=~.....                                          .....~=:$§
¤§$:=~....                                          ....~=:$§¤
@¤§$:=~... $$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$ ...~=:$§¤@
#@¤§$:=~.. $                lcross                : ..~=:$§¤@#
##@¤§$:=~. :$$::$:$$::$:$$::$:$$::$:$$::$:$$::$:$$: .~=:$§¤@##
#@¤§$:=~..                                          ..~=:$§¤@#
@¤§$:=~...   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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.......... $$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$::$$:$ ..........
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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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