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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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