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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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..^^^^=%%& &%%=^^^^..
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