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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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