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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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