In a move both unprecedented and unexplained, the Triumvirate ordered a complete suspension of Veridion’s neural feed system this afternoon. For exactly nine minutes, thought-linked devices, communal sensory uplinks, and digital mood fields went dark, triggering confusion and momentary stillness across the city.
Officials claimed it was a routine reset, but leaks from Nexarch engineers suggest the blackout was triggered by an internal loop collapse within Lucid’s predictive engine. “It saw too much,” one source said. “Something recursive broke free.”
During the blackout, several witnesses reported hearing voices not their own—and seeing flickers of themselves walking other streets. Resistance operatives have dubbed the event “the Quiet Fracture.”
