.~=*%*&¶##                                          ##¶&*%*=~.
..~=*%*&¶#                                          #¶&*%*=~..
...~=*%*&¶                                          ¶&*%*=~...
....~=*%*&                                          &*%*=~....
.....~=*%*                                          *%*=~.....
......~=*% %%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*% %*=~......
.......~=* %                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)       &*%*=~....
...~=*%*&¶                                          ¶&*%*=~...
..~=*%*&¶#                                          #¶&*%*=~..
.~=*%*&¶##                                          ##¶&*%*=~.
..~=*%*&¶#                                          #¶&*%*=~..
...~=*%*&¶                                          ¶&*%*=~...