Sepexida

**Sepexida** (singular: sepexidum) are geographic separations that occur when cessation zones surround or engulf a large landmass. Complete separations are difficult to forecast because cessation zones are difficult and costly to monitor consistently; they are often discovered suddenly with little warning.

Four named sepexida have occurred since the Uprising.

## Major Sepexida

### 14 AL - Bunri Sepexidum

The Bunri *S*epexidum saw the Americas almost completely surrounded by cessation zones, including the Afroatlantic and Pacifica zones. Zaibol specialists first noted the separation on October 23rd when wireless communications with Vance were spontaneously severed and did not return for several months. Their reports included the word *bunri*, meaning "separation". Subsequent attempts by Zaibol and other entities to send emergency envoys to Lambda failed as they were unable to navigate the dense and fluctuating cessation zones that cropped up around the Americas.

Bunri was catastrophic for the world at large. The separation of Lambda and Kytheria from international relations fractured trade routes and communication networks, briefly silencing all outgoing messages from the Americas in an event known as the *Blackout of '14*. Physical correspondence was made possible by divers, and enabled the creation of a satellite schedule which allows Lambda and Kytheria to transmit messages throughout the month of December.

### 16 AL - Madagascar Total Sepexidum

Not more than two years elapsed before approximately 80% of the SSU protectorate Madagascar was engulfed by cessation zones. Mass evacuation had already been underway for the past year, but the Madagascar Total Sepexidum occurred rapidly, cutting off most routes off the island in a matter of days.

The northern tip of Madagascar remains accessible, but has been abandoned.

### 32 AL - Panamanian Sepexidum

In January of 32 AL, two "strands" from the Afroatlantic Cessation Zone and the Pacifica Cessation Zone met and connected across the region of Panama. This connective strand grew rapidly, covering the majority of Central America by 33 AL. This sepexidum fully separated South America from North America, isolating the Latin Republic.

### 45 AL - Afroatlantic Sepexidum

The African continent was rife with cessation zones for years leading up to the Afroatlantic Sepexidum. What was once a cloud of small, disjointed zones merged into a large transcontinental mass known as the Afroatlantic Cessation Zone. The ACZ, which constitutes part of the wall responsible for the Bunri, rapidly expanded in '45 at a rate never recorded before.

By May, countless states in Africa were engulfed and the remnants of the southern half of the continent were completely surrounded. As of 50 AL, travel into the south is possible through the Congolian Corridor, a thin, fluctuating membrane that cuts through the former Congo Republic.

## Reactions

No methods for dissolving cessation zones have been developed because they are inherently difficult to study. Methods for bypassing cessation zones are limited to vacustatic ships and satellites.

In 49 AL, an East American amateur physicist by the name of Julian Valis made several blog posts on the Lambda intranet in which she claimed to have identified a device capable of CZ dispersion. Valis was reported missing days later.