The broadcast was unprecedented. It played on every screen, echoed in every public square, and was transmitted to even the most remote corners of the planet. There was no grand speech from a world leader. Instead, Luna Kane's face, serene and impossibly young, looked out at seven billion people.
"Citizens of Earth," she began, her voice carrying a strange clarity that bypassed translation software. "For the next thirty days, a controlled observational period will commence. I am temporarily suspending my direct governance protocols over your national administrations. Your elected and appointed leaders will regain autonomous cognitive function."
