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,^~=%%## 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 #@#&%%=~^,
,,,^===%%& 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. #&%%=~^,,,
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,^~=%%## LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ###&%%=~^,
,^~=%%@# FARMS. #@#&%%=~^,
,,,~~=%%%# THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN #%%%=~~,,,
,^~=%%@# CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE #@#&%%=~^,
,,,,,,^~%& PROFESSION) &%~^,,,,,,
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