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