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.^=*†%¤### † LCROSS * ###¤%†*=^.
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......=*%¤ 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. ####¤%*=^.
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......=*†¤ 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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