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Flight and Flying [Tuesday, June 22]

Anakin had ~~handwavily~~ asked the students to meet him on the beach, where they stood in front of his grandson Ben's shuttlecraft.

Yes, Ben was very spoiled.

"This is a Crix-class diplomatic courier shuttle," Anakin said, waving his hand at it. "It's equipped with long-range sensors, a top of the line navicomputer, more shields than strictly necessary, and if I know my family, goes a lot faster than it's advertised to in the brochure."

He grinned at the students. "And today you're going to get to fly it through the solar system. Get in."

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Like you get to go into spaaaaaaaace!

Jak

Leia Organa

Shane Gooseman

Calvin

Bobby Drake

Asuna Kagurazaka

Bruce Wayne

Anakin was anal enough not to trust any of the students to get them out of atmosphere, so he was at the controls when they left the island. He did a few loops around the planet so that anyone who hadn't broken atmosphere before could take a good look down.

As planets went, Anakin was rather fond of this one.

Leia looked at the planet below, marveling at the oceans. Alderaan ~~depending on what paragraph in Wookieepedia you choose to believe~~ had plenty of water, but it was primarily composed of interconnected lakes, not huge oceans.

Asuna stared at the Earth, it was so big and so blue. There was no bouncing now just staring.

As he looked down at the Earth, Bruce had no idea that in about fifteen years or so, he would have a similar view from a space station that he himself would design and have built.

But if you told him that in the future he would find a way to see this view on a regular basis, he wouldn't have doubted you.

Anakin's in the co-pilot seat so you can't crash into Jupiter or anything, but you can fly!

Jupiter wasn't an issue. Who was going to run into a planet that large?

The asteroid belt, however, gave Leia a bad feeling for some reason.

Flying a ship? Totally better than careening aimlessly through space in an ice-bubble made from your own body's moisture.

Just saying.

Bobby was grinning like a dork as he maneuvered his way through the solar system.

Anemone was surveying the asteroid belt greedily when her turn came. "Can I?"

She's sulk if the answer was 'no,' but she'd understand. Taking ships not her own on a joyride was a privilege, not a right.

Anakin gestured to the controls and grinned at her. "Don't ding the ship up."

Anemone gave him an affronted look. "I won't," she promised, taking control with a barely suppressed grin. "I've had a few really good teachers."

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"I'm, naturally, at the top of it, right?" Anakin replied.

"Well you're the only real flight teacher I've had. A few cranky drill instructors don't count," she laughed, easing the shuttle into the asteroid belt neatly before accelerating, playing a game with herself of weaving a pattern around the obstacles. "TheEND and I figured out what to do by ourselves, mostly."

Anakin smiled, then leaned in. "If you reduce the shielding profile by fifty percent, you can get closer to the asteroids," he confided.

It was a sign of his trust in her skill.

"I'm going to make the students motion sick," she pointed out, but didn't hesitate as her fingers quickly flickered over the controls.

Closer and faster. At the rate she was going, an Artoo unit would have been screaming in fear.

"But it's more fun this way," Anakin said. "They'll get over it. Probably."

Asuna was still silent as she maneuvered the ship. Space was just so big she had no frame of reference when it comes to this.

"This is really awesome."

Bruce wasn't going to try anything dangerous on his first spaceflight - unless it would somehow lead to the saving of lives, of course, which seemed unlikely - so he was largely just cruising. You know. Through the solar system.

Who's also in spaaaaaaaace!

Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace! Anytime Anemone wasn't piloting, she was probably glued to a viewport or poking at something, but she was available if anyone wanted to chat.

While he's in spaaaaaaaaaaaace. Or before or after.

"Happy Father's Day," Leia said when Anakin had a free moment. "Did you get my present?" She was totally failing not to grin.

Anakin laughed. "I did, ungrateful daughter," he teased. "In retaliation, I canceled our trip to the opera. Try to hide your tears."

Leia's lower lip trembled. "But I was so looking forward to that," she said sadly.

No, no she wasn't.

"How about I let you shoot things instead?" Anakin replied.

Leia perked up. "That's even better," she said, grinning.

"Do I know my family or what?" he said, gesturing to the weapon systems.

Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.

Did you get permission from Ben's player to use the craft?

I did! I owe her cookies now!

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