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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 &....&&&&.
........&& ..&&..&&..
&&&&&&&..& %%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\% &........&
&&&&&&.... ..&&&&&&..
.&&&&..&&. 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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