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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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