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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    #@#$%;~~..
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....~~;%$# %%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;%;;%%;% #$%;~~....
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......~~;% ON EARTH AT  THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN %;~~......
.......~~; CONTAMINATED  BY  PREVIOUS   GENERATIONS ;~~.......
......~~;% ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL %;~~......
.....~~;%$ 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.                          $%;~~.....
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.......~~; IT IS  NOT  UNCOMMON FOR EACH  ITERATION ;~~.......
......~~;% TO  LEAVE  A BASELINE  DIFFERENT TO  THE %;~~......
.....~~;%$ 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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