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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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