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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 ,,,^-:†*&£
&*†:-^,,,, TO BE USED.                              ,,,,^-:†*&
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†:-^,,,,,, LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,,,,,,^-:†
:-^,,,,,,,              FARMS.                      ,,,,,,,^-:
†:-^,,,,,,              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ,,,,,,^-:†
*†:-^,,,,,              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ,,,,,^-:†*
&*†:-^,,,,                        PROFESSION)       ,,,,^-:†*&
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