planet scorching solar flare theme

An abnormally strong solar flare roasts the surface of a planet like so many coffee beans, and civilization collapses.

Examples

The Irish colonists on Bringloidi V had to be evacuated as their sun began to emit powerful solar flares in tng2x18 "Up The Long Ladder".

8 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Solar Crisis (1990) choice The story centered around a desperate mission to prevent a solar flare from destroying the Earth.
futurama7x02 major Heightened solar activity was on the verge of bringing the world to an end.
movie: Finch (2021) major The story is set ten years after a massive solar flare destroyed the ozone layer, turning the planet Earth into a largely uninhabitable wasteland.
movie: Omega Cop (1990) major The film is set in the year 1999 when a series of solar flares which have scorched the Earth for the last 30 years have left the Earth in midst of an environmental disaster.
movie: Where Have All the People Gone (1974) major A solar flare hit the Earth and turned most people into piles of white powder.
tng2x18 major Bringloidi :: Bringlodi had to leave their home planet because of solar flares
pkded1x02 minor Earth succumbed to an electromagnetic event, probably a solar flare, some 60 years ago.
voy2x23 minor Kohl settlement destroyed by solar flare