@¤^^~~~... ...~~~^^¤@
@¤^~~~~~.. ..~~~~~^¤@
@@@@¤^:~~. .~~:^¤@@@@
@@¤^~~.... ....~~^¤@@
@^:~...... ......~:^@
@@@@¤^:~~. ^^:^::^^:^::^^:^::^^:^::^^:^::^^:^::^^:^ .~~:^¤@@@@
#@@@¤^:~~. ^ 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) .~~:^¤@@##
##@@¤^:~~. .~~:^¤@@##
#@@@¤^:~~. .~~:^¤@@@#
@^~....... .......~^@
@@¤¤^~~~~. .~~~~^¤¤@@
#@@@¤^:~~. .~~:^¤@@@#