..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
.....~††$£                                          £$††~.....
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
..~†§££### §§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§ ###££§†~..
..~†§$££## §                LCROSS                † ##££$§†~..
.....~~§££ †§§††§†§§††§†§§††§†§§††§†§§††§†§§††§†§§† ££§~~.....
..~†§$£££#                                          #£££$§†~..
..~†§$££##   I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT   ##££$§†~..
....~~§§$£  II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET    £$§§~~....
..~†§$££## III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   ##££$§†~..
...~~§§§££      LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED          ££§§§~~...
.....~~§£#  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      #£§~~.....
.....~§$£#      WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS           #£$§~.....
..~†§$££##   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      ##££$§†~..
...~~§$££#      BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS  #££$§~~...
.....~†$$£      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    £$$†~.....
..~†§$££##  VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER    ##££$§†~..
..~†§$$£££                                          £££$$§†~..
..~†§$£££# §§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§††§§†§ #£££$§†~..
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
.....†§§$£ ON EARTH AT  THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN £$§§†.....
.....~§$££ CONTAMINATED  BY  PREVIOUS   GENERATIONS ££$§~.....
.....~††$£ ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL £$††~.....
.....†††§£ 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       £§~.......
..~†§$££##                        PROFESSION)       ##££$§†~..
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
.....†§§££                                          ££§§†.....
..~†§$££££                                          ££££$§†~..
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..
..~†§$££##                                          ##££$§†~..