fandomhigh | Spaceships 101- 1st period- Week #7

First period on the day when everyone should be back to their own real selves. Jaina expected people to be in better moods than they'd probably been since Sunday. She of course had gotten all thoughtful today, but whatever, she had her own body back. Therefore she was greeting the class with a smile.

"Welcome back. In more ways than one," she said. "I was going to give you guys something easy, but then I woke up like this and I changed my mind. Sorry." She said that way too cheerfully considering 'cheerful' was not an adjective that applied to her much. She activated the projection showing today's ship, continuing, "This is a Z-95 Headhunter. Truth be told, it's mostly outdated now, though these things have been around about as long as most of what we've flown so far. The X-wing's outclassed it in a lot of ways, so those of you who have experience with them have some idea. That's not to say the Z-95's bad, it's just mostly still in use by people who have use for a fast, reliable, cheap ship. Like, say, smugglers." Not that she knew any of those...

"Which is what we're going to do today. The ship you're in is full of contraband, and there's a Star Destroyer- yes, watch me pull up things from previous classes- is on your tail. Your job is to avoid it and the TIE squadron they're sending after you. If you get hit too bad to go on, or if the Star Destroyer gets you in their tractor beam, it's game over. If not... good for you. And since I figure you're all aware of your comfort levels at this point, if there's ever a time you want to get a harder or easier simulation, just let me know and we'll adjust it for what's better for you."

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Like you're yourself again!

Andrew Wiggin

Calvin

Shane Gooseman

Bobby McCallister

Leia Organa

Tahiri Veila

Bobby Drake

Ben Skywalker

Cally

Momoko Akatsutsumi

This is about as happy as you'll see Jaina, really.

. . . yeah, this would be Tahiri during the lecture, giving Jaina a look of oh, sure, you don't know any smugglers.

Not that she was saying so outright with Leia right there.

Even while talking, Jaina totally caught that look, and returned with a look of I see that.

See what? Check out Tahiri's totally innocent look in response.

Okay, innocent with a huge, huge side of thoroughly amused.

Momoko instantly made up her mind that the contraband was actually very important supplies, probably medicine and food and bandages and stuff, that she absolutely totally needed to get to the people, and the TIE fighters were the bad guys.

See? Smuggling could be a GOOD thing!

Hang out waiting to get in the sim.

Bobby really couldn't be happier this morning. He was a boy again which meant he wasn't ever going to have to explain to his mom why she had a daughter suddenly and he didn't have to worry about insulting the girl whose body he'd ended up with by accidentally peeking at things. This was much, much easier.

Playing the part of smuggler was coming more naturally now to Leia. Of course, she imagined it to be weapons and medical supplies she was smuggling, not anything like certain scoundrels might.

"Have you flown one of these before?" Cally asked politely as she waited near Leia. "You come from the same area--" Universe was just so odd to say, even now. "--as Jaina and Ben, yes?"

"Area, yes, time, no," Leia said, looking over at Cally. "Jaina's my daughter, and Ben's my nephew. Or they will be in my future."

"Ben said as much," Cally replied with a nod. "You have a rather large family here for all that they're not from the same, er. Universe." Annnnd she'd had to say it anyway, with just a slightly different meaning. "I'm Cally; Ben is my Big Sibling."

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"Leia, but you must know that if you know Ben," Leia grinned. "And I guess that makes you my niece in some strange way."

Cally laughed. "I imagine a familial chart of this island would be very interesting indeed, especially if we factor in the school-assigned siblings."

"Only if you can draw it in three dimensions to factor in alternate universes," Leia said. "I've met two versions of my twin brother, for instance, but neither was my Luke."

"That might be a bit of a challenge," Cally admitted. "You're a twin as well? Mine is a sister."

Think you can get away from the Star Destroyer and a TIE squadron? How'd you do?

Oh, sure, a squadron of TIEs and a Star Destroyer. No problem at all.

Well, it might not have been much of a problem if not for the fact that she was doing this in a kriffing Z-95, and while Tahiri had taken a few sim runs in a Headhunter she was still much more used to the more modern XJ3 X-Wing.

Theoretically, still not much of a problem; there were enough similarities between the two Incom snubfighters that handling the Z-95 wasn't a huge mental adjustment, but Tahiri didn't have the instinctive touch for ships that Jaina did. It wasn't exactly flying blind; it was just like trying to do manual work with thick gloves on. She couldn't read every tiny vibration and shudder of the ship's hull that well.

So Tahiri made it through the run -- though that had been far too close a call with the Star Destroyer's tractor beam, and if this hadn't been a simulation the carbon scoring on her hull would have earned her a standard year's worth of complaining from the deck mechanics. Her cargo, on the other hand . . .

Hopefully she wouldn't lose too many points for, er, damaged goods.

Okay, here's where she's looking a little more thoughtful.

I'm watching The Rock of Love Girls: Where Are They Now? or whatever and I'm sorry, Daisy is still a trashy ho.

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