with the acumen of jess , ted and gus in the room , veronica felt a little intimidated so she somewhat hesitantly began relating what she could remember about an obscure program she had watched a week ago , from what i remember , they believe that the sun was entering into a period of reduced solar flares and that it was something that has happened in the past but the last time was like back in the 1600s and there is very little data on the effects .