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..~~\$*§@# #@§*$\~~..
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....~~\$*§ §*$\~~....
.....~~\$* *$\~~.....
......~~\$ $$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$\\$$\$ $\~~......
.......~~\ $ 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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