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,,,,,~=*%# **=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=* #%*=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*% *                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)       #%*=~,,,,,
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