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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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,,,,,,~:%# 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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,,,,,.~$#@              FARMS.                      @#$~.,,,,,
,.~:$%#@##              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ##@#%$:~.,
,.~:$%#@##              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ##@#%$:~.,
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