...~~†**£#                                          #£**†~~...
..~~†**£##                                          ##£**†~~..
.~~†**£###                                          ###£**†~~.
..~~†**£##                                          ##£**†~~..
...~~†**£#                                          #£**†~~...
....~~†**£ **†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†* £**†~~....
.....~~†** *                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)       *†~~......
.....~~†**                                          **†~~.....
....~~†**£                                          £**†~~....
...~~†**£#                                          #£**†~~...
..~~†**£##                                          ##£**†~~..
.~~†**£###                                          ###£**†~~.