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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. .....,~==¤
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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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