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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.                          ,,,,,.~=§%
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###%§=~.,, CREATED THEN FOR  EACH TIME THE SOIL  IS ,,.~=§%###
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%§=~.,,,,, LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,,,,,.~=§%
§=~.,,,,,,              FARMS.                      ,,,,,,.~=§
=~.,,,,,,,              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ,,,,,,,.~=
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