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&^^-^..... ^ lcross ^ .....^-^^&
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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. ..^-^^&#
#&&^^-^... ...^-^^&
&&^^-^.... 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. ........^-
^......... .........^
-^........ 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 .....^-^^&
&&^^-^.... to be used. ....^-^^&&
#&&^^-^... ...^-^^&
##&&^^-^.. larger-scale forms. ..^-^^&#
###&&^^-^. farms. .^-^^&##
##&&^^-^.. they would employ their own ..^-^^&#
#&&^^-^... chemists (wizard-like ...^-^^&
&&^^-^.... profession) ....^-^^&&
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