Flight & Flying [Friday, June 22, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was waiting for the students on the top of the apartment building in town, leaning up against a Lambda-class Imperial shuttle.

"Welcome to the Virgo," he said with a small smile before giving them a quick rundown of the general specifications of the ship. "It's twenty meters long and is generally used to ferry soldiers or cargo back home," he said. "It's also equipped with a hyperdrive--which we will not be using--as well as two forward-facing double laser cannons, two wing-mounted double cannons, and a rear-facing double laser cannon." He met each student's eyes. "Which we will definitely not be using. We're going to do a quick swing around the system here--we won't go out as far as Pluto, but since it's not a planet any longer, I doubt it will be that offended."

He waved a hand towards the ramp. "Come aboard."

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Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled over at her. "A little more speed won't hurt us," he said. "We have lightyears to go before there's anything you could hit."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well it's not just me on this boat," Mel said with a small smile but increasing the speed a bit as she got comfortable.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

"It's not just you at the controls, either," Anakin said with another smile. "I'm not going to let anything happen. Enjoy this."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel shrugged and opened up the throttle on the shuttle until it was full speed and started testing out the maneuverability. "This is pretty cool but gosh it would be fun if we could blow up something. Y'know. Something small and unimportant."

Cue hopeful look at the instructor.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

"No," Anakin said flatly, shaking his head. "We're not having a live weapons demonstration."