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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.                          ###%*\~.,,
,.~\*%####                                          ####%*\~.,
,,.~\*%### 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.                              ###%*\~.,,
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,,.~\*%### LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ###%*\~.,,
,.~\*%####              FARMS.                      ####%*\~.,
,,.~\*%###              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ###%*\~.,,
,.~\*%####              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ####%*\~.,
,,.~\*%###                        PROFESSION)       ###%*\~.,,
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