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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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...,†%$&@# %%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†% #@&$%†,...
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.....,†%$& ON EARTH  AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN &$%†,.....
....,†%$&@ CONTAMINATED   BY  PREVIOUS  GENERATIONS @&$%†,....
...,†%$&@# ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL #@&$%†,...
..,†%$&@## FARMING.    BESPOKE     CHEMICALS    ARE ##@&$%†,..
.,†%$&@### MANUFACTURED   AND  ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" ###@&$%†,.
..,†%$&@## (DEAD)    SOIL   BEFORE    EACH   YIELD. ##@&$%†,..
...,†%$&@#                                          #@&$%†,...
....,†%$&@ THESE  CHEMS  ARE  MADE  TO  CREATE  THE @&$%†,....
.....,†%$& CORRECT  ENVIRONMENTS FOR  THE PLANTS TO &$%†,.....
....,†%$&@ GROW,   CORRECTING   THE  AFTERBURN   OF @&$%†,....
...,†%$&@# METABOLITES   FROM  THE   CHEMS  OF  THE #@&$%†,...
..,†%$&@## PREVIOUS YIELD.                          ##@&$%†,..
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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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