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

Crash into the planet!

[sith_happened]

Although Anakin'd rather you land...

Re: Crash into the planet!

[momslilassassin]

Ship on fire and heading into the atmosphere. All the readable instructions in the galaxy didn't equip Ben to deal with this kind of a problem.

Which was why the ship crashed into the planetary shielding and exploded three different times (and in three different ways, Ben learned from his mistakes) before he finally gave up.

Re: Crash into the planet!

[weetuskenraider]

Never let it be said that Tahiri didn't at least try to steer the ship. She gave it her best effort, but she still had issues handling a starfighter, let alone a gigantic kriffing capital ship by herself.

She tried, and crashed, four times and didn't look terribly unhappy about any of them.

Because it was fun.

She was a little bit crazy.

Re: Crash into the planet!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

Zayne gave up after three crashes. The only time he seemed to make a real difference in where the ship landed, he accidentally crashed into one of the ships trying to put out the fires.