Daylight

A shared world science fiction setting for Daria fanfiction. Daylight was created and placed online in October 2008, open for any fanfic writers to use as they pleased. The only "rule" was that no one was allowed to write a boring story. The "bible" main page was on Dariaverse.com, though backup pages are available here.

For unknown reasons and with little warning, the Sun destabilizes and becomes highly eruptive and moderately hotter for a relatively short period of time (several decades minimum, though at the writer's option it can last up to a millennium). This has profound consequences for human civilization, to say nothing of the rest of Earth's biosphere. The disaster unfolds in logical stages over time, throwing down new challenges at a rapid pace on top of the old. The actual event that began the Daylight Crisis (including the first Coronal Mass Ejection impacts against Earth's magnetosphere and the initial catastrophe that followed) is called Zero Hour.

The idea for Daylight came from numerous sources, the main one being Larry Niven's award-winning short story, "Inconstant Moon", plus parts of J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned World". An excellent source of additional nonfiction material on this topic can be found in Dr. Philip Plait's "Death from the Skies!" in chapter two, "Sunburn," but the solar eruptions in this story setting were meant to be far more powerful and longer lasting than those described in Dr. Plait's book.

In July 2014, NASA reported that if a July 2012 CME had occurred one week earlier, the result would have been similar to the Daylight scenario. Good thing it didn't, eh readers?

Fanfics


Reading old fics on PPMB may require the "Rosetta Stone" due to coding issues.

Ashes and Kisses by Legendeld Baked Alaska by Brother Grimace (Daylight/Alliance) Before the Coming Dawn by Brother Grimace (Daylight/Ringbearers) "Bird with Black Wings" by Roentgen and Brother Grimace (Daylight/Legion of Lawndale Heroes) "Dayside" by Legendeld "Erebus" by Roentgen (Daylight/Legion of Lawndale Heroes) (includes "Tartarus" and "Hemera") The Essentials of Everyday Living by Brother Grimace (Daylight/Alliance) Falling From Grace trilogy by Disco316 "Final Field Trip" by LSauchelli The Fugitives] by Disco316 "A Good Deed Repaid" by Brother Grimace (Daylight/Ringbearers) Hell Freezes Over by Smileyfax "Home Field Advantage" by Brother Grimace (Daylight/Alliance) "Nightside" by Legendeld "Palmed Cards" by Gouka Ryuu (Daylight/Legion of Lawndale Heroes) "Paying Off Old Debts" by Brother Grimace (Kim Possible crossover) Recruitment Day] by Richard Lobinske "Remember When the Music" by Dennis "Return to Daylight" by Legendeld "Reporting from Echo Base" by Brother Grimace (Daylight/The Alliance) "Science Abuse" by Psychotol (Daylight/Braniac: Science Abuse) Storytime by Doggieboy (Ringbearers) "The End of the World" by smk "The Hope Mission" by Brother Grimace "Trek" by Smileyfax (sequel to [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4500095/6/Schismatic Schismatic) A Visit to Camp Grizzly] by Richard Lobinske "When Worlds Divide" by LSauchelli Wagon Train To The Stars by Brother Grimace (Daylight/Alliance)

External Links on the Series

 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120729052957/http://www.theangstguy.com/daylight/text/day00.html Daylight series bible (Wayback)
 * Daylight: A modest shared-multiverse proposal (PPMB discussion thread)
 * Daylight: The (Short) Fanfics (includes discussion and questions)