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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.                          .........~
†~........                                          ........~†
*†~....... 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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