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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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