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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 *~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~*= =*~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~*=& ==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*=**==*= &=*~-,,,,,
,,,,-~*=&¶ ¶&=*~-,,,,
,,,-~*=&¶# 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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