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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. ...^~:=&¤#
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&=:~^..... 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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