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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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