The livestream started immediately after the consented volunteers signed their consent documents.
The world had been waiting since morning. The shuttle footage had broken the internet before noon. The footage had circulated for hours, building pressure that had nowhere to go until now.
A minute before the stream opened, Nova Technologies posted a single announcement on LucidNet.
The clinical trial livestream will begin shortly.
Beneath it, a thirty-second countdown appeared in clean white numbers on a dark background.
The comments beneath the announcement moved faster than the counter. By the time it reached ten seconds, the engagement numbers had stopped updating in any meaningful way. The platform was processing volume it had never processed before and it was handling it without visible strain.
The counter reached zero and the livestream opened.
