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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 #¶@*%\=:..
...:=\%*@¶ ¶@*%\=:...
....:=\%*@ %%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\%\\%%\% @*%\=:....
.....:=\%* *%\=:.....
......:=\% 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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