#...##.##. .###..####
.#..#.##.# ##..#.#...
.##.###.## ..#.####..
.#.##..##. #.###...#.
.###.#.#.# .##..#..##
##..###### ==^=^^==^=^^==^=^^==^=^^==^=^^==^=^^==^= ##.#.##.#.
#.#.#..... = 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) ##..###..#
#.###.##.. #.#.#..#.#
.##..##.#. .#####.###
##.#.#.### ##....##..
#.######.. #.#...#.#.
###.....#. .###..####