.~«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«~.
.~«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«~.
.~«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«~.
.~«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«~.
...~«««*§#                                          #§*«««~...
.....«*§## **/*//**/*//**/*//**/*//**/*//**/*//**/* ##§*«.....
.~«/*%§### *                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)       ###§%*/«~.
.~~~~~/%##                                          ##%/~~~~~.
.....~««*§                                          §*««~.....
.....«//*§                                          §*//«.....
.~«/*%§§§#                                          #§§§%*/«~.
.~«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«~.