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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       =*~,,,,,,,
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