###&$$^=,. .,=^$$##
##&&$$^=,. .,=^$$&#
#&&$^=.... ....=^$&
###&$$^=,. .,=^$$##
####&$^=,. .,=^$###
&&$^=..... $$^$^^$$^$^^$$^$^^$$^$^^$$^$^^$$^$^^$$^$ .....=^$&&
#&&&$$^=,. $ 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) .,=^$$##
###&$$^=,. .,=^$$##
###&$$^=,. .,=^$$##
###&$$^=,. .,=^$$##
###&$$^=,. .,=^$$##
#&$^=..... .....=^$