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>>56051370
Good question! All solar flares have the same kinda output, they just differ (a lot) in their intensity. Basically the first thing the planet feels during a solar flare’s the strong EM wave emitted by the star. It covers pretty much the entire spectrum but the most dangerous part’s the UV and X-ray since they’re ionizing enough to kill and gets emitted in sufficient quantity. Anything left under the sun when the flare reaches its peak (~20 seconds after it starts) will get a nasty sunburn at best or paralysis and death at worst, but the most damaging part’s the sheer amount of energy the light dumps into the atmosphere. Depending on the strength of the flare it can range from making the hemisphere tropical for hours to setting everything flammable on fire like an industrial oven. The heat isn’t really something that can be shielded from (without technology) since it’s sheer thermal energy at work. The energy dumped into the atmosphere will eventually dissipate as the planet returns to equilibrium (up to a few weeks for superflares, which are the strongest solar flares Despina experience on a regular level once every few centuries or millennium) in the form of global storms
A minute or so later the solar wind will hit Despina. Since the planet’s tidally locked it doesn’t have a strong enough magnetosphere to withstand most flares. Huge, brilliant aurora dance all over the sky, unshielded electronics get fried, and the sky can turn pink as nitrogen and oxygen fuse during superflares, but otherwise those aren’t very damaging compared to the thermal wave that hit the planet immediately beforehand