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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.                      §%=*-^....
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......^-*=              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN =*-^......
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