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.....~*¤¶¶ 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 ¶¶¶¤¤*\~:.
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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 #@¶¤¤*\~:.
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.:~\*¤¤¶@# last. new correcting chems need to be #@¶¤¤*\~:.
.:~\*¤¤¶@# created then for each time the soil is #@¶¤¤*\~:.
.:~\*¤¤¶@@ to be used. @@¶¤¤*\~:.
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.:~\*¤¤¶@# farms. #@¶¤¤*\~:.
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