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

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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"How the -" Rose touched the controls almost hesitantly. She sat in the pilot's seat with a frown and reached for them again, trying to push the ship forward. With the power of her mind. Sadly she wasn't a Jedi and so it didn't work, Rose.

Anakin watched her for a moment. "Telekinesis on the fritz?" he finally asked.

She jumped and started the checklist before trying to ease the ship out of the dock. "No. It's just really - big."

Anakin grinned. "It is. It held 350 people and 125,000 droids. I used to have a ship ten times as big."

"What do you do with something that big?" she asked. "Is it even maneuverable?" Rose paused. "Or possible to defend?"

"~~Assuming you don't run it into a Death Star, it works fine~~. It was the power in the galaxy for a while," Anakin replied. "We didn't exactly land it on planets, though. It was 19,000 meters long."

Which translated into Really Damn Big in normal measurements.

"Yeah, I figured," Rose said, gesturing to where the vid had been shown. "But -" She made a face, trying to figure out how it all worked in space. "Is it like a really big castle? Or a tank?"

"Both," Anakin said, nodding.

She grinned at him. "Totally cool."

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