.-~\$$&¶@# #@¶&$$\~-.
.....--\$& &$\--.....
.-~\$$&¶@# #@¶&$$\~-.
.....-\$$& &$$\-.....
..-----\$& &$\-----..
.-~\$$&¶@# $$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$ #@¶&$$\~-.
.-~\$$&¶@# $ LCROSS \ #@¶&$$\~-.
.....~$$&¶ \$$\\$\$$\\$\$$\\$\$$\\$\$$\\$\$$\\$\$$\ ¶&$$~.....
.-~\$$&¶@# #@¶&$$\~-.
......~$$& 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 @&&$$$\~-.
.-~\$$&¶@# PROFESSION) #@¶&$$\~-.
.-~\$$&¶@# #@¶&$$\~-.
.....~~$$& &$$~~.....
.-~\$$&¶@@ @@¶&$$\~-.
.-~\$$&&¶¶ ¶¶&&$$\~-.
.-~\$$&¶@# #@¶&$$\~-.