>>43399867From what I can tell flares are much more powerful among red dwarf stars so it would probably be more dramatic than what we could witness on Earth. The host star of Despina is probably a more stable star now but I think it still means average flares can reach ~10 times solar energy semi-regularly. It’s usually not enough to cook exposed animals alive since the brightest part of a flare doesn’t last at most a few minutes but it would still give you a very bad skin burn that’s coupled by charged particle bombardment that might light up the entire day side atmosphere with aurora. I know Minovsky particles are also meant to destroy unshielded electronics but I don’t know if that would actually help mecha become more practical
https://youtu.be/akivxvQd4Mw?t=1555The CGI is very dated now but the show I mentioned before had a scene about it as well!
Despina has a constant strong gale so I don’t think it’ll be too similar to the scene on the Moon since fine dust would’ve been long blown off by the regular wind. I think the surface might be toasted during a flare though and it might just wipe out any cloud and fog there might be. The sudden heating should also make the wind much stronger in the following days
I didn’t think of vultures at first but I might just throw it in if for no other reasons than to make it more of a MGR reference
