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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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