Flight Club [Flight Shed, 2pm]

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin was setting out some cookies, chips and drinks while everyone filed in for Flight Club. Snacking was one of his favorite things to do so sharing the love seemed like a nice thing to do.

Once everyone was there, he started talking.

"Hey guys," he started. "Welcome back. Hope everyone's weekend was fun. Mine was boring but that's how it usually goes. So today, we're going to try something a little different. We're going to be flying X-Wings but the X-Wings are going to be malfunctioning. It's a problem you can run into on almost anything that flies and you just have to know how to be calm and how to assess the situation. You don't have to repair the X-Wing while you're flying it. The big thing here is to keep flying, and the problem won't prevent that, while you've got warning whistles and lights flashing at you. Don't get scared and don't let go of the controls."

He paused for any questions.

"The X-Wing's gonna shake you around a bit, toss you about like it's really malfunctioning but remember, you're safe. Just try to maintain your calm and keep flying."

With that, he gestured to the sim for the first person to take his or her turn.

Comments

Sign In

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Like you're being all shook up!

Re: Sign In

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John

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[notahostage]

Wendy Watson

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[momslilassassin]

Ben Skywalker

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[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi Wildman

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[heromaniac]

Momoko Akatsutsumi

Talk/Snack/Plan

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Chat with each other, eat some snacks, plan your course of action!

Re: Talk/Snack/Plan

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Feeling particularly pleased with himself, John crunched some snacks and considered how he'd stop from crashing his X-Wing. Especially now that it was much more realistic that he'd need the knowledge.

Re: Talk/Snack/Plan

[momslilassassin]

"You look particularly pleased with yourself," Ben observed.

Re: Talk/Snack/Plan

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John's lip curled into a half-smile. "Guess I'm not too good with hiding my mood."

Re: Talk/Snack/Plan

[momslilassassin]

"Plus I'm a Jedi," Ben pointed out.

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[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella wasn't really a member; she was at the club as part of her assignment for Art of War. She took a seat on the edge of the action and watched the group, willing to follow Ben's lead in what to do.

Re: Talk/Snack/Plan

[momslilassassin]

Ben smiled at her, trying to quell his own nervousness. "Have you ever flown?"

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[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"Not unless Liir's broom counts," Ella admitted. "Nothing with a motor."

She hesitated before answering her next question, but Ben did look rather young. "have you bee doing it long?"

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[momslilassassin]

"Most of my life," Ben said. "My parents both fly all the time."

Re: Talk/Snack/Plan

[heromaniac]

Momoko munched on a cookie as she waited her turn and tried to understand. "So basically we just keep flying? Huh."

She wondered if the warnings and alarms included the simulated voice of a scientist/engineer/mechanic lecturing at you when you didn't immediately stop and come back to base to get the broken whatchamascienceymcmeteroscope-thingie fixed.

Flight Sim

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Climb into the X-Wing and mod a bouncy, bumpy, rough ride complete with lights flashing and alarms blaring. Keep your calm, keep flying.

[Feel free to mod this as much as you want. If you want to crash, that's fine too!]

Re: Flight Sim

[heromaniac]

Okay. The cockpit of an X-wing was much smaller than she was used to, even having flown in one a few weeks prior. This would mean little when she was flying normally, but now it meant she was closer to the flashing lights and warning sounds and there was a tinny voice in her helmet pelting her with instructions and information and the slightest touch of the stick made the whole ship jump meters at a time and every bump was making her strain against the harness and who programmed giant rocks there?! Gah! Turn, turn! Ack! Not that far! Back, back! Argh.

Stupid canyon: 1 Momoko: 0

Talk to Gavin

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

He's around, keeping an eye on the sim.

Talk to Professor Skywalker

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

After he pings in!

Re: Talk to Professor Skywalker

[sith_happened]

Anakin was there, keeping a special eye on students he knew had been in malfunctioning ships before. He didn't want anyone to be traumatized.

Re: Talk to Professor Skywalker

[heromaniac]

Momoko remembered 'Fuzzy' from Gun Club last week, so she decided to go ahead and ask the Professor about it.

"Hi Professor Skywalker! Thanks for being the sponsor of the club and all! It's nice to be able to fly, even if it's simulated." Momoko smiled and tilted her head. "But can I ask... why you didn't tell your class the names of the baby Ewoks they had to babysit? How were they supposed to talk to them if they didn't know their names?"

Re: Talk to Professor Skywalker

[sith_happened]

"They could have asked me," he said, looking a little confused. "In class, after class, in my office hours if they were so interested. But if I do this again, I'll be sure to give them all nametags, all right?"

He paused. "And you are?"

OOC

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

It's so cold that my nose is frozen!

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[likethegun]

I'm gonna Adblock that icon, I swear.