Flight & Flying [Tuesday, June 9, 4th period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was checking his chrono, then his comlink, as the students arrived. "Today we're flying capital ships," he said, flicking his hands toward the screen set up in the corner. "Specifically this or the first minute and a half anyway capital ship. It was called the Invisible Hand and when I was flying it, half of it had already broken up in the atmosphere, the rudder that steered the ship had been in that half, and the thrusters weren't firing enough to stop us. The equipment was also set up for a species other than human and I couldn't read the controls."

Anakin had landed anyway. He was just that good. There wasn't a pilot in a million that could replicate what he'd done.

"Since I was working under rather...strained...circumstances, we'll do something a little easier to live through," he said. "You'll have the entire ship, and the back half will be on fire. The controls will be set up for your species and you'll be able to read the controls."

Yes, he thought that was cutting them a break. Anakin was odd. "Begin!"

Comments

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[sith_happened]

They lived the Star Wars, Ted! Yes, you can tell it's Anakin. He just looks a little younger.

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[momslilassassin]

Ben gaped. He knew, abstractly, that his grandfather had been a great pilot, but that landing?

He wasn't sure if his dad could've pulled it off.

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[bitten_notshy]

Jack was gobsmacked by that landing and wanted to see it again, just to see if that would help him understand how it had been done.

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[weetuskenraider]

"I crashed into Coruscant in something on fire once," Tahiri mumbled at some point when she wasn't too slack-jawed from boggling at the footage. "Wasn't that enough?"

So it had been a much smaller something on fire. And it had actually been kind of fun, now that she thought about it. Still.

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[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone clapped and whistled at the end of the video. "Do it again!" she cheered. "That was awesome!"

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[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon grinned when it was over and wondered if it would be a good idea to ask if they could see it again.

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose stared as she watched the landing. She was good (not at flying) and reckless as hell, but that was just ...wow.

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[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

Zayne barely understood what he was watching, that's how amazing it really was.