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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 .~«/^%#@##
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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 .~«/^%#@##
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##@#%^/«~. LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      .~«/^%#@##
##^«......              FARMS.                      ......«^##
####%^/«~.              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .~«/^%####
##@#%^/«~.              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       .~«/^%#@##
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