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!"

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Re: Practice run

[bitten_notshy]

Jack eyed the instrument panel dubiously, then, very very hesitantly, started adjusting the controls to launch the ship.

It shuddered forward six inches or so, and he looked up to Anakin to see if he was doing it right.

Re: Practice run

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "You're going to have to go a little further than that," he teased lightly. "You're a big kriffing ship. Most people will get out of your way."

Re: Practice run

[bitten_notshy]

Jack flushed slightly. "Especially if it's on fire, I'd imagine," he said, jerking forward on the throttle again and moving ... oh, three feet this time. "It won't break up like in the film?"

Re: Practice run

[sith_happened]

"No," Anakin said. "It makes the ship a lot slower, but it also allows you to steer, rather than, well, plummet."

Re: Practice run

[bitten_notshy]

"And my main goal is not plummeting," Jack said, and this time he actually got the ship moving at a very slow but competent cruising speed. He was starting to relax now that he'd dome that much without anything falling off or burning up. "What happened to it when you were flying it, Professor? Was it a battle?"

Re: Practice run

[sith_happened]

"We'd actually been the ones shooting it," Anakin admitted. "The third man in the holo was the Chancellor of the Republic, and he'd been held hostage aboard." Well, sort of. "So when we finally recovered him, the enemy escaped, taking all of the escape pods. Taking the ship into atmosphere was a last resort."