R is for Radiation
It started as it always started. Cabbie announcing over breakfast that the National Weather Service had issued an alert that there was a significant solar storm going on an they predicted strong to severe space weather here on Planet Earth. While the new members of the team didn't really follow the conversation that followed the level of concern that crossed both Blade's and Maru's face was enough to let them know that something large was a foot.
The first action was to completely ground Cabbie and Windlifter, and place restrictions on the rest of the aircraft. Radios and navigational systems were going to be on the fritz today and there was no point in taking any risks. Patch got on the horn to notify their community partners that Air Attack Team currently had limited capabilities until further notice due to the solar storm.
Then they waited. On the surface everything seemed pretty normal…but the moment anyone tried to access their radios they could hear the crackle and whine of the solar winds hitting the atmosphere. The smokejumpers did their best to keep themselves busy while the aircraft around them fought a sense that everything was just off. Finally, the entire team decided to call it an early night in the hopes that everything would go back to normal in the morning.
A few hours later they were awakened by a gentle tapping at their hanger doors to find Cabbie looming over them. At first many of the team members were groggy and confused, but once Cabbie instructed them to look up, they instant recognized why the old plane had interrupted their sleep.
Above them a delicate ribbon of green flicked across the sky. Venturing out into the chill of night, it was difficult any member of the team to peel their eyes away from the northern lights as they danced across the stars. Time stopped holding meaning at that moment. But an aurora could never last forever, and after each of the members of the team had downed at least three mugs of hot cocoa, it faded back into the darkness of space from which it had appeared.
The Piston Peaks Air Attack Base was unusually quiet the next morning, but no one spoke of why, just like no one mentioned anything when Blade allowed everyone to sleep in the following morning. What they had experienced last night had simply been too magical to risk breaking the spell trying put what they had seen into words.
Term- Radiation- Radiation is a term referring to spectrums of light that are beyond the range that humans are capable of seeing. When someone is concerned about radiation they are often referring to Ionizing Radiation, which occurs between 30 PHz and 300 EHz, and includes extreme ultraviolet, X-Rays, and Gamma Rays. This said, folks that work with communication systems refer to the energy given off by microwave and radio systems as radiation as well.