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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          ........=:
$:=.......  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      .......=:$
§$:=......      WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS           ......=:$§
#§$:=.....   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      .....=:$§#
@#§$:=....      BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS  ....=:$§#@
#@#§$:=...      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    ...=:$§#@#
##@#§$:=..  VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER    ..=:$§#@##
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@#§$:=.... **:*::**:*::**:*::**:*::**:*::**:*::**:* ....=:$§#@
#§$:=.....                                          .....=:$§#
§$:=...... ON  EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN ......=:$§
$:=....... CONTAMINATED   BY  PREVIOUS  GENERATIONS .......=:$
:=........ 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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