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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. ......:=†§
†=:.......                                          .......:=†
=:........ 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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