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,-~=%%#@@# %%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=% #@@#%%=~-,
,-~=%%#@## % LCROSS = ##@#%%=~-,
,,,,,-=%## =%%==%=%%==%=%%==%=%%==%=%%==%=%%==%=%%= ##%=-,,,,,
,-~=%%#@## ##@#%%=~-,
,-~=%%#@@@ 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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,-~=%#@### %%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=% ###@#%=~-,
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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. ##@#%%=~-,
,-~=%%#@## ##@#%%=~-,
,-~=%%%#@# 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. #@%%~~~~-,
,-~=%%#@@@ @@@#%%=~-,
,,,,--=%## LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ##%=--,,,,
,-~~==%%## FARMS. ##%%==~~-,
,-~=%%%%%@ THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN @%%%%%=~-,
,,,,,-=%## CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE ##%=-,,,,,
,-~=%%%%#@ PROFESSION) @#%%%%=~-,
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