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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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.......... 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 *\=:......
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...:=\*£&£ 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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........:= LARGER-SCALE FORMS. =:........
.........: FARMS. :.........
.......... THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ..........
.......... CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE ..........
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