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¨~«/**#@## **/*//**/*//**/*//**/*//**/*//**/*//**/* ##@#**/«~¨
¨~«/**#@## *                lcross                / ##@#**/«~¨
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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       @#***/~~~¨
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