"The Day the Moon Stopped"
September 14th, 2069, entered history as the turning point in what humanity has known for decades.
After the devastating riots of August 28th, and the episode known as "The Assault of the Ivory Hall", tensions rose within the already unstable colony.
The bombing against the Assembly Palace in Jericho in September 7th, were viewed as threats against Neo Tranquility's leaders. And so, a mass conflict exploded; Between the law enforcers and activists, as well as revolted civilians.
In only a week, more groups started to act in the minor cities, like Quilla and Áine. The Governor, Dr. Erik Conrad, had ordered the execution and hunt of the leaders of the aforementioned groups.
With prices being placed and hunters rising from the murky parts of the Colony, one watched it all: Mundus, the System Network of Neo Tranquility.
The actions of the Governor, the support of the Assembly, the bloodshed that would start, painting the white streets of the cities into crimson, slaughtering the lives of the people that wanted nothing more than fairness.
And she couldn't let that happened.
In the late hours of September 14th, around 21:00, the AI went rogue. Without superior orders, PM activated the Hibernation Protocol, leading to the complete shutdown of the colony's organic life.
Despite the best efforts of Doctors, Engineers and Scientists, vital members of the Assembly to stop it, it was uneffective. Mundus denied all access and refused to obey the codes typed in her system.
By September 17th, all human beings on the moon were completly unconcious, and were moved to the underground facilities of the machine. More than two-million cryogenic tubes were prepared for the Protocol's activation, in which now housed the current population of more than one-million inhabitants.
The animals and insects were kept within own containment areas, plants were left as they were cultivated. All species monitored daily by PaceM, who cared for each homo sapiens in suspended animation, for the next 38 years.
