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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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%:«....... LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      .......«:%
§%:«......              FARMS.                      ......«:%§
&§%:«.....              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .....«:%§&
@&§%:«....              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ....«:%§&@
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