##@@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@@##
##@@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@@##
##@@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@@##
@@@@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@@@@
##@@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@@##
@**=\~~,,, ==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\= ,,,~~\=**@
@*\»,,,,,, = 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) ,~»\=*@###
##@@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@@##
###@*=\»~, ,~»\=*@###
@@@=\~~,,, ,,,~~\=@@@
@*\~~,,,,, ,,,,,~~\*@
###@@=\»~, ,~»\=@@###