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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. &...&&.&..
&&&&&.&..& FARMS. &&..&.&&&.
&....&&&.& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN &.&.&&&..&
.&...&..&& CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE .&&&&..&.&
&&&..&&.&. PROFESSION) &&...&.&&&
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