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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 .###..#.##
#.......#. with dust on solar panels .#.##...##
##........ 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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.###..#.## 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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..###..#.# correct environments for the plants to ..#....#..
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....###..# metabolites from the chems of the .#..#....#
#...#.##.. previous yield. ..#..#....
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...#....## to leave a baseline different to the .....#..#.
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