.:«†*@@###                                          ###@@*†«:.
..:«†*@@##                                          ##@@*†«:..
...:«†*@@#                                          #@@*†«:...
....:«†*@@                                          @@*†«:....
.....:«†*@                                          @*†«:.....
......:«†* **†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†* *†«:......
.......:«† *                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    @*†«:.....
......:«†*                                          *†«:......
.......:«† **†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†* †«:.......
........:«                                          «:........
.......:«† 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)       @@*†«:....
.....:«†*@                                          @*†«:.....
......:«†*                                          *†«:......
.......:«†                                          †«:.......
........:«                                          «:........
.......:«†                                          †«:.......