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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 ......,~:^
%^:~,..... VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER .....,~:^%
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@#¤%^:~,.. 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 ...,~:^%¤#
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