###@§§\«-¨                                          ¨-«\§§@###
§§§§§§\«-¨                                          ¨-«\§§§§§§
@£§\-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-\§£@
@@§£\--¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨--\£§@@
#@£\\-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-\\£@#
###@£§\«-¨ §§\§\\§§\§\\§§\§\\§§\§\\§§\§\\§§\§\\§§\§ ¨-«\§£@###
@§§\\\-¨¨¨ §                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)       ¨-«\§£§@##
###§£§\«-¨                                          ¨-«\§£§###
##@§£§\«-¨                                          ¨-«\§£§@##
§§«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«§§
§§£§§«¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨«§§£§§
##@§£§\«-¨                                          ¨-«\§£§@##