fandomhigh | Flight and Flying [Thursday, August 9, 3rd period]

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

Which was why his gaze was just as sharp ever as he looked at the students when they gathered in the Danger Shop. And if he didn't make eye contact with Rory, well, these things happen.

"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. Both fly like the motorcycles of this 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 glanced around at them. "Please don't hit a tree and explode. I don't care that it won't actually kill you. There'd be paperwork and I don't feel like dealing with That Woman today. In two weeks, 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? No? Let's begin."

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Oooh. Endor. Lots of very tall trees, spaced ridiculously close together.

Hey, at least no one's shooting at you.

Trees made things more difficult, but also more fun. Flying slower than in the desert seemed sensible.

He's glad of the lack-of-shooting. Shooting makes him nervous. Nervous makes him jittery.

Trees are fine; he just goes a little slower, takes things a little more seriously than out in the desert.

Besides, trees remind him of the forest near the old mansion at home. That's good. He likes home.

Andros adjusted his speed to a lower pace and was able to get through without crashing into anything.

Adam flew a bit slower than he had in the desert, due to the dense trees. It was a challenge to get through them and he found he was up to the task.

Marco grudgingly slowed down to avoid the trees, though he seemed to keep trying to go up higher due to a force of habit.

Knocking back her speed, Anemone admired the scenery. She had never seen trees so huge. The few trees left on her Earth are all sad, scraggly little things barely bigger than her.

When she got bored with that, she started flying figure-eights around the trees.

What? It's not like she had anyone to shoot at. Unfortunately.

Johnny usually stuck to riding his bike on roads, so the forrest was a nice change of pace. Once he was comfortable enough being so close to everything in the forrest, he started pushing the speed a little higher on the speeder to start playing chicken with the trees. He tried to see how close and how fast he could get to the trees without needing to swerve out of the way. He nicked the front of the machine a few times doing so, but was having a blast.

Irulan opted for forest rather than the desert. There was something about the desert that made Irulan uncomfortable. She started the bike and moved on very, very slowly.

Sam didn't have trouble maneuvering around the trees, since he didn't have to try to shoot at anything as well.

Flight and Flying [Thursday, August 9, 3rd period]

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