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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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