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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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,,.~$@##@# ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN #@##@$~.,,
,.~$@##@## CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS ##@##@$~.,
,,.~$@##@# ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL #@##@$~.,,
,,,.~$@##@ FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE @##@$~.,,,
,,,,.~$@## MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" ##@$~.,,,,
,,,.~$@##@ (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. @##@$~.,,,
,,.~$@##@# #@##@$~.,,
,.~$@##@## THESE CHEMS ARE MADE TO CREATE THE ##@##@$~.,
,,.~$@##@# CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO #@##@$~.,,
,,,.~$@##@ GROW, CORRECTING THE AFTERBURN OF @##@$~.,,,
,,,,.~$@## METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE ##@$~.,,,,
,,,.~$@##@ PREVIOUS YIELD. @##@$~.,,,
,,.~$@##@# #@##@$~.,,
,.~$@##@## IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION ##@##@$~.,
,,.~$@##@# TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE #@##@$~.,,
,,,.~$@##@ LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE @##@$~.,,,
,,,,.~$@## CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ##@$~.,,,,
,,,.~$@##@ TO BE USED. @##@$~.,,,
,,.~$@##@# #@##@$~.,,
,.~$@##@## LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ##@##@$~.,
,,.~$@##@# FARMS. #@##@$~.,,
,,,.~$@##@ THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN @##@$~.,,,
,,,,.~$@## CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE ##@$~.,,,,
,,,.~$@##@ PROFESSION) @##@$~.,,,
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