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###§%*^-^. *                LCROSS                ^ .^-^*%§###
###§%*^-^. ^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^^*^**^ .^-^*%§###
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###§%*^-^.   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    .^-^*%§###
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§*-^^..... 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. .^-^*%§###
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####%*^-^. 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.                          .^-^*%§###
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####%*^-^. 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.                              .^-^*%§###
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###§%*^-^. LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      .^-^*%§###
###§%*^-^.              FARMS.                      .^-^*%§###
###§%*^-^.              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .^-^*%§###
###§%*^-^.              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       .^-^*%§###
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