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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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....,,~=*@ @*=~,,....
.,~==*@@## ##@@*==~,.
.,~==*¤@@# #@@¤*==~,.