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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    ¨¨¨¨~^%%%#
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##@#%†^»~¨ ††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^† ¨~»^†%#@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨»††##
##@#%†^»~¨ 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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