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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. .&......&&
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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. ........&&
&&&....... &&&&&&&..&
&&..&&&&&& 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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