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.....&.... II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET &.&..&.&..
.....&&... III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE .&&&.&&&&.
.....&.&.. LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED &&..&&...&
&....&&&&. IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS ..&.&.&..&
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&&&..&&..& V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH &&&.....&&
...&.&.&.& BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS &..&....&.
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&..&...... VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER .&&&.&..&.
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.&.&.&&&.& ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL &.&&.&&&..
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&&&...&&&& (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. .&&&.&&&&.
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&...&.&&.. METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE ........&.
&&..&&&.&. PREVIOUS YIELD. &.......&&
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&.&...&&&. 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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