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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. ^:=,......
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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.                              §*^:=,....
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..,=:^*§## LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ##§*^:=,..
.,=:^*§###              FARMS.                      ###§*^:=,.
..,=:^*§##              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ##§*^:=,..
...,=:^*§#              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       #§*^:=,...
....,=:^*§                        PROFESSION)       §*^:=,....
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