&&***::...                                          ...::***&&
&***«:....                                          ....:«***&
&£*««.....                                          .....««*£&
@@&*«.....                                          .....«*&@@
##@&£**«:.                                          .:«**£&@##
###&£**«:. **************************************** .:«**£&###
##@&£**«:. *                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)       .:«**£&@##
###@&£*«:.                                          .:«*£&@###
&**:......                                          ......:**&
##@&£**«:.                                          .:«**£&@##
##@&£**«:.                                          .:«**£&@##
@££*:.....                                          .....:*££@