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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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