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 gave him a small smile. "I trust you."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Seriously?" Anders relaxed a little bit more, maybe even visibly. "Okay then."

Carefully at first, then with a little more confidence, he kicked in the acceleration, and the lack of resistance was a definite thrill. "Flying is so much better out of atmosphere, holy frak."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

"Atmosphere has its own challenges," Anakin agreed, "but you'll never spin faster or corner better than you will out here. Give it a try."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Awesome." Anders put more juice into the engines and went into a hard turn. "Oh, that's frakking sweet!" he whooped. And reversed directions to do it again.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

Anakin grinned, eyes full of little-boy glee. "Good."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

He had to go into a roll now. He had to. This was way too much fun.

"The sims just aren't quite as much fun as this."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

"Not even close," Anakin admitted, "but I've been doing this for decades, so I'm a little sensitive to the differences."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I'm more of a feet-on-the-ground guy, but I can see why you pilot types love this so much," Anders said as he brought the shuttle out of its roll, a little shakily. He was flushed with exhilaration, and grinning. "I guess I should let someone else have fun, though."