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fandomhigh2010-09-13 09:39 pm
solo_sword) wrote in fandomhigh2010-09-13 09:39 pm
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Spaceships 101- 1st period- Week #3
"Hey, guys. We've got a special guest in class today," Jaina greeted the class, gesturing to the little astromech next to her. "This is Sneaker. Say hi, Sneaker."
The astromech let out a short series of whistles as a hello, and Jaina patted his dome. "Where I come from, starfighters tend to be flown with the aid of astromech droids. They help you with the flight and repairing systems if anything goes wrong. While the ships can be flown without them, I don't recommend it. Feel free to say hi to him, you probably won't understand a thing he's saying and I don't actually know his personality too well yet, but it doesn't hurt to be polite.
"And yes, this means we're getting you into actual starfighters today. This means you get weaponry, and things to fight against. We're starting off with the B-wing," she said, activating the hologram to show them exactly what the B-wing was. "These things have been around for a few dozen years now, and I'm not starting you off easy. The B-wing is clunky. They're heavily armed, nicely sheilded, and this also makes them difficult to maneuver. They're not fast, either. I'm setting you up in what seems like a simple run. You're going one at a time, flying in formation with your standard twelve-ship squadron, under attack from a few TIE fighters, because why not. You're working on a time limit, just get through those fighters without getting shot down. You're going to take hits. Get used to it, it happens to the best of us. Just see how you do, and if you need me, just ask."
The astromech let out a short series of whistles as a hello, and Jaina patted his dome. "Where I come from, starfighters tend to be flown with the aid of astromech droids. They help you with the flight and repairing systems if anything goes wrong. While the ships can be flown without them, I don't recommend it. Feel free to say hi to him, you probably won't understand a thing he's saying and I don't actually know his personality too well yet, but it doesn't hurt to be polite.
"And yes, this means we're getting you into actual starfighters today. This means you get weaponry, and things to fight against. We're starting off with the B-wing," she said, activating the hologram to show them exactly what the B-wing was. "These things have been around for a few dozen years now, and I'm not starting you off easy. The B-wing is clunky. They're heavily armed, nicely sheilded, and this also makes them difficult to maneuver. They're not fast, either. I'm setting you up in what seems like a simple run. You're going one at a time, flying in formation with your standard twelve-ship squadron, under attack from a few TIE fighters, because why not. You're working on a time limit, just get through those fighters without getting shot down. You're going to take hits. Get used to it, it happens to the best of us. Just see how you do, and if you need me, just ask."
Re: Get in the sim
It wasn't like working with Barefoot Squadron, though; there, she'd had time to develop a rapport with her pilots, who in turn had learned to act as support for an inexperienced leader. And these . . . weren't real pilots, anyway, much less ones who were used to taking orders that came out with less authority at times than they should have.
The B-Wing's clunky maneuvering wasn't helping much with that, and for the first half of the run her evasive actions looked jerky and absolutely horrible, but it was, she thought, better than flying in a squadron of mixed starfighters; if she'd had to coordinate these B-Wings mixed in with, say, some A-Wings, it'd have been a nightmare. So much more respect for the Wild Knights now, seriously.
All in all, she was pretty pleased with herself by the time she finished the run; she'd kept her squadron intact and -- thanks mostly to the B-Wing's heavy shielding -- hadn't even slagged any major components on her ship, and managed to take out two TIEs on the way through.
For Tahiri, that was pretty amazing, actually.