Flight & Flying [Friday, June 8, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was leaning against the reconfigured flight simulator when the flight students arrived, absolutely no trace of an smile--or any emotion at all, really--on his face.

"The first battle in my home galaxy in a conflict that eventually became known as the Clone Wars," he said, walking over to the television from his room and pushing a few buttons. A three-dimension projection of a world rotated in front of them, "took place on a world called Naboo." He was very proud of the way his voice didn't shake. "Today we're going to complete an entire military mission. Naboo was being slowly starved to death by a blockade set up by the Trade Federation's control ships and its army of droids." His expression hardened. "Though we didn't know it at the time, the Senator of this planet was using his home as bait to set himself up as Chancellor and gain power over the Republic. We won the battle, but lost the war."

Anakin gestured to the projection. "Working in pairs, your job will be to take off from the planet's surface, fight past the enemy's droid fighters and destroy the control ship." On the projection, the target glowed red. "The only way to destroy the ship is to blow it from the inside--its shields are too powerful for the starfighter's torpedoes to take out from space." He put his hands behind his back and paced. "You're up against a deadline as well. On the surface there's a battle taking place: your people--including the fourteen-year-old queen of the planet--against a droid army that doesn't get tired." He turned away before a profile shot of the leader in question came up on the projector. "Taking out the control ship also powers down those droids. Take too long to blow it up and you won't have a reason to go back to the planet: the enemy will have won through battle what they had been trying to achieve through blockade."

He pointed at the simulator. "You'll be flying the Naboo N-1 Starfighter," he said. "They're a little more sensitive than the F-16 from last week, and more elegant than the X-Wing, but without the engine power. And remember that once you break atmosphere, you won't be fighting gravity any longer so you don't have to yank on the controls quite as hard. The droid starfighters are faster than you are--and there are a lot of them--but they're also fairly stupid. Watch for them and the laser cannons on the control ship--and watch for each other--and you'll do fine.

"This battle was real. This exercise can be accomplished. I will not accept failure from any of you on this." He tossed two deeply silly-looking helmets into the flight simulator. "These helmets are equipped with comm units that will allow you to talk to each other."

He waved them towards the simulator. "Begin."

All That I Am - Rob Thomas

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[sith_happened]

All collapsey like the droids on Naboo with their power cut out.

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[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

Neil Perry

Practice run

[sith_happened]

Learn the equipment. Ask for help. Don't crash, or Anakin'll yell.

He's a little invested in this scenario today.

Re: Practice run

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke was still staring at the space where the projection had been, the image of the queen stuck firmly in his mind.

He finally turned to look at his father. "Was that...?"

Re: Practice run

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel's not telepathic or empathic by any means but she is pretty good at reading body language. With a wary glance at Anakin she climbed into the simulator.

Unsteady at first, she managed to make it through the practice run without crashing.

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[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Before getting into the simulator, Gavin walked over to Anakin and said, "Thanks for letting me use the flight simualator."

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[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel took the practice run at a blinding speed, mostly because she wanted the thrill of it.

And ended up crashing as she attempted to enter the practice space station.

"Oops."

Re: Practice run

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders settled into the cockpit and pulled on the goofy helmet, then stared at the starfighter's controls for a little bit to get used to the layout.

Living beings facing off against an army of droids . . . something about that reminded him a little too vividly of the Cylon War, and it bothered him. More than it should, really. Stupid dreams about the Cylons coming back.

"Right. Shake it off, Sammy-boy," he muttered to himself.

Powered up, engines green, weapons lit . . . he activated repulsorlifts and took off from the surface.

He might have been sweating a little bit with the effort of remembering that the controls would be a lot more sensitive once he broke atmo.

Re: Practice run

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny got in the simulator and went over the controls, hands on, testing, learning.

Then he took it for a practice run.

Re: Practice run

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John took a practice run to learn the equipment. He didn't crash. He hoped he was ready for the partner run.

Re: Practice run

[multiplez]

Z strapped herself into the simulator and muttered, "No pressure or anything."

Re: Practice run

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

Edward had sadly gotten to the point where he'd consider using alchemy if he understood how the sim worked.

Instead he concentrated very, very hard on avoiding the bad guys. And died anyway when he forgot he could be shot from below.

Re: Practice run

[solo_sword]

Jaina knew something was off, so she wasn't going to antagonize, and just stay focused. Not saying a word, she got into the simulator, and with a quick assessment of the controls, started her practice run.

Re: Practice run

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara took her place in the cockpit. Obviously something was bothering their professor today, and if she had to guess, it was some kind of emotional pain. What that pain related to, she had no idea, nor was it frankly any of her business.

She started the engines and remembered what she had learned flying with Gavin about her concentration. As she flew, she started mentally reciting sexual positions in her head so she had something else to think about and wasn't worried as she finally started pushing the ship at speeds it should be flying.

Unfortunately, she was still trying to get the hang of flying, and wasn't at all ready for anyone to attack her.

Re: Practice run

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin eagerly hopped into the simulator, and absent the force skill, probably acted a lot like a certain nine year old.

Re: Practice run

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi was rather nervous when she started her practice run. She was slightly shaky but she managed to get through the run without crashing.

Go on a mission!

[sith_happened]

Find a wingman, go up against droid starfighters and the control ship, and die.

Fortunately it's only a sim.

Re: Go on a mission!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke waited for a partner as he rocked nervously on the balls of his feet.

Re: Go on a mission!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny waited for a partner, excited if not slightly nervous. He really didn't want to die.

Re: Go on a mission!

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara waited for a partner, not really excited about the impending death part.

Re: Go on a mission!

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Who needs a wing...frog?" Robin asked.

Talk to the TA!

[sith_happened]

When you're hoping Aeryn Sun can be the one to be nice, Anakin's being a complete ass...

Please wait for her to ping in.

Re: Talk to the TA!

[can_be_more]

Aeryn might be downright sympathetic compared to Anakin today.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

Because that'll be fun today...

Re: Talk to Anakin

[can_be_more]

Once the class has filtered out, Aeryn greets Anakin with, "Did June get worse?"

OOC

[sith_happened]

Padme's birthday + Battle of Naboo + guilt = Anakin with ridiculously high standards, and he probably won't stop with his nitpicking corrections until he makes someone cry. If you want him to leave your character alone, ping me down here.

Thanks!

Re: OOC

[multiplez]

Oh, please make Z cry.