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fandomhigh2010-10-05 06:05 am
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Spaceships 101- 1st period- Week #6
Jaina had handwavily sent the students notice to come meet in the Danger Shop today, throwing off her entire mental schedule for the class but know what, she was just going to have to deal. Considering the room was done up to look like the interior of a Star Destroyer when they got there, she figured they would be okay with that.
"Sorry to disappoint anyone who might have been looking forward to shooting things after the weekend, but we're not going to be flying today," she explained. "What you're standing in now is the bridge of a Star Destroyer. This is very different than what we've been covering so far, though this is definitely a warship, with massive firepower meant to be able to take out entire star systems. Hence the name. These things get up to nearly four kilometers in length but can be even bigger than that, and can house squadrons of ships and a crew of several thousand. It can also be used as a carrier, which I'm sure is a huge surprise with a ship this big. The bridge here serves as the command center for everything goes on, and with as many people on one of these as there tend to be, unless you're on a Star Destroyer when it's either brand new, or about to go be destroyed, you probably won't see it empty like this.
"So you get to take advantage of that today," said Jaina. "Take a look around. You can head on below and check out the computers, play around with the navicomputer a bit, or just stay up top here and stare out the window. Though I warn you, there's stars and blackness, and that's about it in space. But if that's your thing, I won't judge."
"Sorry to disappoint anyone who might have been looking forward to shooting things after the weekend, but we're not going to be flying today," she explained. "What you're standing in now is the bridge of a Star Destroyer. This is very different than what we've been covering so far, though this is definitely a warship, with massive firepower meant to be able to take out entire star systems. Hence the name. These things get up to nearly four kilometers in length but can be even bigger than that, and can house squadrons of ships and a crew of several thousand. It can also be used as a carrier, which I'm sure is a huge surprise with a ship this big. The bridge here serves as the command center for everything goes on, and with as many people on one of these as there tend to be, unless you're on a Star Destroyer when it's either brand new, or about to go be destroyed, you probably won't see it empty like this.
"So you get to take advantage of that today," said Jaina. "Take a look around. You can head on below and check out the computers, play around with the navicomputer a bit, or just stay up top here and stare out the window. Though I warn you, there's stars and blackness, and that's about it in space. But if that's your thing, I won't judge."