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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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@**/~,.... 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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~,........ 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 ..,~/**@¶#
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@**/~,.... LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ....,~/**@
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