fandomhigh | 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."

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Momoko had a few questions, oddly enough, so before her tour, she approached.

"Jaina... I mean, Professor Jaina," Momoko sighed amusingly at herself. Silly time travel, bringing classmates back as teachers. "Since this ship is so big, ~~does it transform~~ how is it built? I mean, can it even lift off a planet?"

"You can drop the 'Professor', Momoko," Jaina assured her with a little smile. "If you see a Star Destroyer on a planet, it's usually crashed there in pieces. They don't have liftoff capability. They're built at shipyards, in space. The entire construction goes on there and they take off from there."

"Got it!" Momoko grinned back. "And building it already in space totally makes more sense. So, since it's so big, it can't move fast, right? So, it's sort of like a moving space station more than a ship, right? Just a base for smaller fighters?"

"No, it's fully capable of doing damage all on its own. Even if it had no smaller fighters, or if they weren't doing the fighting, it's still got ion cannons and turbolaser batteries and tractor beams, all depending on the class of ship. The Star Destroyer's the main player, the fighters are support." Said from a fighter pilot, too.

"Eh?" Momoko was stunned. "This big and still actually a fighter? I don't know if that's amazing or terrifying."

"They're not nearly as maneuverable as a one-man fighter, but they can corner pretty well, and I've seen plenty of people taken out by the turbolasers on one of these things," Jaina told her. "Plus the bridge here is where those in command will be watching the battle, and directing things that go on via comm, so it's the hub for what happens."

Wow.

"Even with all that firepower, it must be so totally different fighting with this type of ship. Being here and removed from it all must make it almost easier, more like it's not real? I mean, can you even tell you're moving when you fly it?" Momoko shook her head.

"I've never been at the helm of one of these," she admitted. "But I have been up here as things are going on, and there is a real detachment. There's a definite difference between watching it going on up here as opposed to being in the middle of the battle itself." Even if you were empathic.

Momoko nodded. "I think I'll stick to actually fighting. I don't like the idea of being able to do this much damage and not accepting the responsibility."

She then turned a sly grin up at Jaina. "But while we're here, where did you say the pilot sits? It can corner pretty well?"

Someone had a thing for flying, yes.

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