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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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.                          ,,,,^=^%#@
#@#%^=^,,,                                          ,,,^=^%#@#
##@#%^=^,, 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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