Spaceships 101- 1st period- Week #8

[solo_sword]

"Hey, guys," Jaina greeted the class when everyone had shown up. "We're going to be changing things up a little for you guys today. I know most of you have experience with X-wings, and if you don't, don't worry. But we're not going to be flying them today. You're going to be flying against them."

She activated the projection of this week's ship, and continued, "This is a clawcraft. It's originally an Imperial design, now best known as Chiss ships. No, you're not expected to know who the Chiss are. They look a little different than you're probably used to. They're built with some impressive shielding, which protects the pilot in the cockpit, and the way they're built means they can manueuver really well. I've been shot down in an X-wing by a few of these; they're good ships." And she could actually say this like it was nothing, go her. "I also have to add the disclaimer that while I have a lot of experience flying against and alongside these, it's one of the few I think I haven't flown, because some people won't let you take their ships out for a joyride no matter how nicely you ask."

She adjusted the the projection to show an X-wing to those who might not know. "You're going to be dogfighting today, which means you're in the clawcraft going head to head with the X-wing. The objective's simple: blow them up, don't get blown up yourself. If there are no questions, let's get the first person in."

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Sign in

[solo_sword]

However you feel like, I'm lazy!

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri Veila

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[endsthegame]

Andrew Wiggin

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[not_tylerdurden]

Calvin

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[onlymistaken]

Cally

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby Drake

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[momslilassassin]

Ben Skywalker

Listen to the lecture

[solo_sword]

Do your thang.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[weetuskenraider]

. . . yes, please excuse the tiny, tiny eyebrow-twitch Tahiri had going on by the time Jaina got to the part about not getting to take other people's ships for joyrides. That had nothing to do with amusement; it wasn't even a real twitch. At all. Nope.

Because why would it be amusing at all when she could picture said nice asking?

Re: Listen to the lecture

[momslilassassin]

Of course Jag wouldn't let her take his ship out. Jag had no joy in his life.

Or so was Ben's extremely biased view on the matter.

And if Jaina couldn't get her hands on a clawcraft, there was very little chance of Ben ever getting a chance to outside of a sim...which meant he was really looking forward to trying one out.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[heromaniac]

Momoko totally wanted to listen to the lecture. Really.

But she was pretty much gone the minute the projection activated: it just looked so COOL!

Wait your turn

[solo_sword]

Go mingle.

Re: Wait your turn

[weetuskenraider]

Blame Jaina's influence, or working with Admiral Kre'fey, but Tahiri a couple of years ago wouldn't have done what she was doing now while she waited for the sim to free up: namely, getting out her datapad to check on a few files. She definitely hadn't flown a clawcraft either (and wasn't sure she wanted to outside the sim), and her Barefoot Squadron hadn't had much contact with the squadron's worth of Chiss pilots who'd flown at Ebaq 9.

Which meant research. On things, for example, like what the rate of fire was on the clawcraft's laser cannons compared to the X-Wing's. And how exactly to work the control jets that maneuvered the wings.

And . . .

Oh, boy.

Re: Wait your turn

[onlymistaken]

Cally wasn't trying to peek over her shoulder, per se, but Cally was tallish, and the girl was a bit... tiny and creepy. "Are those plans for the clawcraft?"

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[weetuskenraider]

WAS NOT.

Tahiri was used to people being able to read over her shoulder whether they were trying to or not.

"I'm afraid I don't have detailed schematics for them, but it's at least a useful amount of information," she said, holding the datapad out. "If you'd like to take a look?"

Re: Wait your turn

[onlymistaken]

"Thank you." Of course, being herself, she got distracted into taking a look at the datapad, which was functionally similar, but of a completely different design to her own. "Does this mean you're another one of Ben's relatives?" she added with a grin.

Re: Wait your turn

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri made an odd choking noise that could have been a Tusken curse, or . . . no, just a choking noise.

"I'm not related to him!" she blurted out, blushing a brilliant red. "I've known his family my whole life, but -- no, he's my boyfriend."

Even though she could have been related to him if things had gone differently, and oh, ow, there went her brain breaking again.

Get in the sim

[solo_sword]

Dogfighting against an X-wing: do you make it out, or do they?

!

[heromaniac]

Momoko was practically itching to get into the sim to try this one. Sure she had issues with the scenario, but she was firmly of the opinion that the fighter in the X-wing was an evil pirate murderer or... Oh wow. Laser canons. ON EACH WING! And they didn't have to be fired at the same time? And, and... okay the deflector shields weren't the best, judging from the readout, but the acceleration info looked awesome!

It took Momoko a few minutes to fangirl adjust, but the cockpit reminded her a bit of a tie-fighter, so she was soon dodging and weaving and trying to get the evil X-wing lined up in her sights.

She was easily able to follow it and catch or overtake it, given how nimble the clawcraft was. She really liked this ship!

Oh, yeah, shooting... Uhm, would Jaina be able to tell she was drawing the fight out a little bit just to keep flying?

Talk to Jaina

[solo_sword]

Who's handling the most issueful class probably better than she should.

Re: Talk to Jaina

[endsthegame]

"Jaina?" Ender asked, as he approached her before it was his own turn in the sim. "Could I speak with you for a moment?"

Re: Talk to Jaina

[solo_sword]

Talking to students definitely kept her mind off things, so she was almost relieved for the distraction. "Sure, Ender," she said with a nod. "What's up?"

Re: Talk to Jaina

[endsthegame]

"Can I sit this one out?" he asked, eyes darting back towards the simulator. "Dogfights... aren't really my thing."

To put it mildly.

Re: Talk to Jaina

[solo_sword]

"No problem. Everything okay?" She'd had a class or two she'd had to sit out, so letting him do that was fine. She just wanted to make sure he didn't have to leave or anything.

OOC

[solo_sword]

House Hunters makes me want to move. I blame Pard.