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&&.&&&.&&. 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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&...&..... CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS ...&&..&.&
&..&&....& ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ..&.&.&&&.
&.&.&...&& FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE .&&&&&..&&
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.&&.&..&.& CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO &&.&.&&.&&
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&&..&&..&. 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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.&......&& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .&..&&.&.&
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