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fandomhigh2009-06-16 12:01 am
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Flight & Flying [Tuesday, June 16, 4th period]
Anakin was nodding off as he leaned against the door leading into the flight shed.
Not that he would admit that. If asked, he was meditating. While standing up. And kind of snoring.
His eyes cracked open when most of the students arrived. "Today you're going to avoid flying into black holes," he said. "You're going to make the Kessel Run, though if I hear of any of you becoming drug runners--which was what this particular route was used for--you will be very, very sorry."
He flicked his hand towards the wall, where a two dimensional map of the 18-parsec run was illuminated. "The route takes you around The Maw--which is a series of black holes--and leads you through an uninhabitable—but far easier to navigate—area of space called The Pit." He smiled a little at Ben, who he was sure knew this entire area by heart. "The Pit is an asteroid cluster encased in a nebula arm, which makes sensors and pilots go virtually blind. There's a high chance that pilots, weary from the long flight through real space, will crash into an asteroid."
He arched up an eyebrow. "And yes, I know that parsec is a unit of time. If you swing closer to the Maw, you can cut the distance, and thus the time of the flight. But more likely, you'll get sucked into a black hole and be crushed."
Anakin waved his hand, and the map was replaced by a picture of the ship they'd be flying. "This ship and its," he swallowed back an "irritating" "pilot made the run in under 12 parsecs, which I think stands as the fastest time through..." he shot Ben a questioning look.
"Dad and Uncle Han shaved some time off of that a few years later," Ben corrected.
Anakin looked annoyed. He hadn't shaved much off of the original twelve.
"Very well. Climb into the Falcon, try not to hit asteroids, black holes or the ships that are chasing you."
Not that he would admit that. If asked, he was meditating. While standing up. And kind of snoring.
His eyes cracked open when most of the students arrived. "Today you're going to avoid flying into black holes," he said. "You're going to make the Kessel Run, though if I hear of any of you becoming drug runners--which was what this particular route was used for--you will be very, very sorry."
He flicked his hand towards the wall, where a two dimensional map of the 18-parsec run was illuminated. "The route takes you around The Maw--which is a series of black holes--and leads you through an uninhabitable—but far easier to navigate—area of space called The Pit." He smiled a little at Ben, who he was sure knew this entire area by heart. "The Pit is an asteroid cluster encased in a nebula arm, which makes sensors and pilots go virtually blind. There's a high chance that pilots, weary from the long flight through real space, will crash into an asteroid."
He arched up an eyebrow. "And yes, I know that parsec is a unit of time. If you swing closer to the Maw, you can cut the distance, and thus the time of the flight. But more likely, you'll get sucked into a black hole and be crushed."
Anakin waved his hand, and the map was replaced by a picture of the ship they'd be flying. "This ship and its," he swallowed back an "irritating" "pilot made the run in under 12 parsecs, which I think stands as the fastest time through..." he shot Ben a questioning look.
"Dad and Uncle Han shaved some time off of that a few years later," Ben corrected.
Anakin looked annoyed. He hadn't shaved much off of the original twelve.
"Very well. Climb into the Falcon, try not to hit asteroids, black holes or the ships that are chasing you."
Make the Kessel Run!
Most people don't survive.
Re: Make the Kessel Run!
He moved close, the Falcon's shielding failed and he sucked into a black hole.
"Fierfek," he swore.
Re: Make the Kessel Run!
Sure, she'd been on a pace to take the full 18 parsecs because she wasn't getting too close to the Maw, thanks
because it MAKES PEOPLE CRAZY, but she'd been doing okay avoiding black holes. It was just that, about a fifth of the way through the run, a couple of drive units failed spectacularly right about the same time that a pursuing ship forced her into an evasive maneuver she couldn't handle that ripped off a section of hull plating, and really, if the shields hadn't failed just after she started the run and if Tahiri hadn't gone and dialed the inertial compensators back up to full she might not have crashed head-on into that asteroid. She might've still lost half the ship (okay, that was a ridiculously optimistic estimate, and really, so, so glad this was a sim again), but that would've been an improvement.This was going in the "Things Not To Write Home About" column, but wow, did her respect for Han ever go up about three dozen notches.
Re: Make the Kessel Run!
As luck would have it, though, Zayne survived, making the run in 17 parsecs. Of course, he lost the hyperdrive, communications, the navcomputer only worked sporadically, there was a strange noise he couldn't identify, he never did figure out the lights, and to say that the ship was limping along after taking too much fire from the pursuers would be nicer than was at all deserved.
Zayne had no clue how this had happened.