Flight & Flying [Tuesday, May 19, 4th period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was almost smiling today as the class met in the Danger Shop. Creepy.

"Today we're going to continue with land-based transportation," he said quietly, pointing to two motorcycle-esque machines hovering on either side 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, please. Both fly like the motorcycles of your world drive, but can get up to 400 kilometers an hour. That being said, you will be wearing helmets and there are two different scenarios based on your level of skill. One is a city planet with very tall buildings to miss. The second is a forest moon with trees hundreds of meters tall."

He gave the class a tight smile. "Please don't hit a tree or a building and explode. There will be mocking. If you do it intentionally, there will be detention."

He clapped his hands. "Begin."

Comments

Sign in [5/19]

[sith_happened]

Because you're excited to fly on bikes!

Re: Sign in [5/19]

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose Hathaway.

Fly in the city [Beginner]

[sith_happened]

If you really want to live through flying in intergalactic traffic jams, this one's for you...

Pairing up and chatting while you fly (and modding Rodians cutting you off) is encouraged.

Re: Fly in the city [Beginner]

[weetuskenraider]

It wasn't that Tahiri wasn't planning on taking the forest course (oh, she totally knew what that was supposed to be, thank you unnecessary JJK exposition stories she'd heard for years growing up), it was just that she was going to need to know how to do this in fifteen years or so wanted a warmup.

Besides, she hadn't gotten to drive that last time.

. . . which wasn't a memory that actually really hurt any more. Huh.

Re: Fly in the city [Beginner]

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

When it came time for their turn, Blind Seer was pleased to see that, as promised, one of the bikes had been modified to allow his paws to manipulate the controls.

Firekeeper took the other bike, and with a gleeful howl, the two of them took off.

Re: Fly in the city [Beginner]

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Regaining to regain some of her normal cockiness and depending completely on her excellent reflexes, Rose headed towards the speeder bike, ready to try this out.

She settled the helmet on her head and took off, getting up to speed quickly.

Re: Fly in the city [Beginner]

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon figured he might as well try the beginner course first, just to get the hang of the movement and how the speeder handled.

Needless to say, he was going to be ruined for motorcycles forever.

Fly in the forest [Advanced]

[sith_happened]

Go 400 kilometers an hour through redwood trees Totally Alien Trees, For Real. If you get going fast, prepare to have some seriously sharp reflexes. You can fly in pairs or go two on a bike, if one of you would like to be a backseat driver *cough*Leia*cough*.

Re: Fly in the forest [Advanced]

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

There weren't many areas in which Zayne was very confident. The list was pretty much 'talking to people,' 'recovering from some terribly embarrassing accident,' and 'riding a swoop.' That last point just came with living on Taris. If you were a young man, Jedi or not, you were going to end up being really good on a swoop or you were probably going to end up in a hospital because you were trying to get good on a swoop and failed.

"They haven't really changed the design too much," Zayne mused as he hopped on the swoop, put his helmet on, and sped off. He zipped between the trees with an ease that was probably surprising if you had ever seen him do anything else at all. Zayne probably would have considered it weird, too, but he was too busy enjoying himself for that.

Re: Fly in the forest [Advanced]

[momslilassassin]

Ben who would not be crying on a speeder bike, wtf canon!Luke grinned in recognition of the landscape, and then took off through the trees. It was clear he had done this before.

Chat!

[sith_happened]

There's plenty of standing around time. Be glad Anakin hasn't tried to get you all to do situps or something while you wait.

Re: Chat!

[weetuskenraider]

Yeah, Tahiri wasn't really feeling compelled to do situps or anything like that.

. . . much.

Re: Chat!

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose - still wasn't entirely certain how to go about this though she was covering it pretty well with faked confidence. She also was really glad Blysse had mentioned the weird room-thing yesterday or she'd be wondering how exactly they fit a city and forest into the room.

Re: Chat!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

While he was waiting, Zayne was doing his best not to compare this swoop to the swoops back in his time. He was really struggling to avoid being a massive dork right now. It wasn't easy.

Re: Chat!

[bitten_notshy]

Jack excelled at standing around, waiting, and watching the other students.

Re: Chat!

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone hated standing around. Hate hate hate. She'd never been good at waiting; not when she was ten, or at fourteen, or now.

As much as she was twitching to get on a bike, she really just wanted to go play in the trees from the second scenario. They weren't real, but she still wanted to climb one so that she could touch the sky.

Re: Chat!

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Standing around was not something Firekeeper or Blind Seer did very well, but it was hardly something they could avoid, so here they were. Standing around.

Re: Chat!

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon wasn't chatting. He was sitting and sketching what appeared to be a pod racer. And a speeder.

Talk to the TA!

[sith_happened]

He has a bike. Ooooh. Ahhhh.

Re: Talk to the TA!

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Okay, maybe this was one of John's favorite classes. Maybe he had a thing for the bikes. He would definitely be taking a turn.

Talk to Anakin [5/19]

[sith_happened]

He made the bikes.

And no, you can't have one.

Re: Talk to Anakin [5/19]

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Before class, Rose approached the teacher, holding her class schedule. "Professor Skywalker? I'm Rose Hathaway. I'm supposed to be in your class, I think," she said, telling herself it was stupid to feel nervous. He was just another teacher.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Luke and Leia on speeders is one of my favorite scenes from ROTJ. Trufax.

Re: OOC

[weetuskenraider]

NO CRYING ON THE SPEEDER BIKE, PEOPLE.

*ahem*

Just getting that out there. :D

Re: OOC

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Yep.

And sort of my favorite level on the Lego Star Wars II game.

Yes, I have been playing it for three days now.