,,^-=%*@## ##@*%=-^,,
,,,^-=%*@# #@*%=-^,,,
,,,,^-=%*@ @*%=-^,,,,
,,,,,^-=%* *%=-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-=% %=-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-= %%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=%==%%=% =-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- % 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) *%=-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-=% %=-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-= =-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-= =-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-=% %=-^,,,,,,