Flight and Flying [Thursday, August 23, 3rd 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: asteroid belt

[flamingbonehead.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Johnny said, noticing that the boulders had moved, but not what Anakin was doing behind him. "I guess you've done a whole lot of this?"

Re: Fly the shuttle: asteroid belt

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled. "Yeah," he said. "I do this to relax."

Anakin was very strange.

Re: Fly the shuttle: asteroid belt

[flamingbonehead.livejournal.com]

Johnny nodded. He was strange in the same kind of way, really.

"Can I get that. For me, though, 's usually an open road an' a bike instead of a spaceship."

Re: Fly the shuttle: asteroid belt

[sith_happened]

"I used to be able to cut it a lot closer," Anakin lamented. "The shuttle is too bulky. I got used to starfighters."

Re: Fly the shuttle: asteroid belt

[flamingbonehead.livejournal.com]

Johnny looked back to get a quick glance at Anakin before focusing back on the asteroid belt. He felt comfortable enough to move the speed up a bit.

"So what's it like, bein' able to pilot a starfighter? Do you ever get concerned that space is so ... huge an' empty?"

Re: Fly the shuttle: asteroid belt

[sith_happened]

"I prefer it," Anakin said. "People complicate things."