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

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." Billy nodded, and settled into the pilot's seat, strapping himself in. He took a quick moment to make sure he knew where everything was, then, with a gentle touch, began to pilot the shuttle. Not in any particular direction, but he decided to keep the front pointed away from anything that looked like it wanted to hit them.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

"Good," Anakin said, nodding. "You can speed up. There's nothing to hit for lightyears."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy nodded silently and did so, getting used to how the ship responded to his touch on the yoke, beginning to fly more confidently. "Nice response." he commented.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

Anakin grinned proudly. "I've spent some time tweaking her," he said.

If by "some time" you meant "hours and hours and hours."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you could teach a workshop on that too." Billy said.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

Anakin laughed. "No one but me gets to poke around in my ship," he said.

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Fair enough." He'd known a few folks like that. "So what exactly is a hyperdrive?"

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[sith_happened]

"The engine that can bring us into lightspeed," Anakin said, pointing to the button on the console. "You touch it and there will be something so much worse than detention."

Re: Fly the shuttle: Empty space

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Understood Sir."