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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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