Flight & Flying [Friday, second period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin didn't apologize for his behavior, you know, ever.

But he was noticeably more calm than he'd been the week before as the class met in the Danger Shop like he'd totally emailed them about, really.

"Today we're going to try something a little different," he said quietly, pointing to two motorcycle-esque machines hovering before him. "This is a swoop bike," he said, pointing to one, "and the one on the left is a speeder bike, the slightly newer model, which is also equipped with a laser cannon. Don't use the laser cannon, please. Both fly like the motorcycles of your world drive, but can get up to 400 kilometers an hour. That being said, you will be wearing helmets --" fortunately for the class, much more attractive than the Nubian ones from the previous week, "--and there are two different scenarios based on your level of skill. One is a desert planet with nothing to hit. The second is a forest moon with trees hundreds of meters tall."

He gave Luke a small smile. "Please don't hit a tree and explode. There'd be paperwork. Next week, we'll be meeting at my shuttle and doing some actual space flight. If you hurt my ship, I'll be unhappy. If you demonstrate today you don't have the maturity to fly responsibly, you won't be asked to come along." He stared hard at each student. "Questions?"

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Re: Talk to Anakin!

[imissmydolphin.livejournal.com]

He folded his arms across his chest. "No, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. It's the things you can't control that I'm worried about." That's about as close to a compliment as Lucas got.

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

"There's very little when it comes to my ship that I can't control," Anakin replied sharply. "I'm the best pilot and mechanic in my galaxy. In. My. Galaxy. You can stay on the ground if you chose, but my people have been flying starships longer than this planet's figured out civilization."

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[imissmydolphin.livejournal.com]

"No," Lucas said. "Fine." He wasn't good at masking his thoughts and anyone in the room with even an inkling of psychic ability could have picked up on his inherent nervousness when it came the mental image of being sucked out into space with nothing to hold onto and nothing to swim against. "I'm sure you know what you're doing."

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Anakin relented a little. "Show up early and I'll give you a tour of the ship," he said quietly. "You can poke around as much as you want--there are plenty of failsafes."

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[imissmydolphin.livejournal.com]

Technology. Getting to poke around without getting into trouble for it. Lucas nodded. "Sure. Okay. Thanks."

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Anakin gave him a small smile. "I've lived through enough disasters and almost-disasters for three lifetimes," he said. "Nothing's going to happen next week. I promise."

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[imissmydolphin.livejournal.com]

"Right," Lucas said. "Of course." He felt it was best not to bring up the Theory of Dramatic Irony, otherwise known as the Theory of Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong. He shoved his hands in his pockets and went to check out the swoop bikes.