Flight Club meeting (after Comparative Religions class)

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin stood outside the Flight Club shed and waited for the rest of the club to arrive. When they had, he cleared his throat and used the Force to amplify his voice over the chatter of the crowd.

"Today we're going to get to fly Senator Amidala's Baby." He smiled. "Some of us will be actually breaking atmosphere and flying the real thing. I'll be taking the first four students with real-time space flight experience who come up to me over to where the Baby's docked outside of town. The rest of you will get the try it in the flight sim, which has been programmed with the specs for a Naboo Royal Starship. It flies a lot differently than the Starfighter we tried last week--there's more mass to it, so it has a slower reaction time. There also aren't any weapons on the Baby, as it's a diplomatic vessel rather than a combat-equipped one."

He gestured at Cally. "Cally, one of our resident mechanical geniuses, is going to be manning the flight sim today. Try not to push all of the buttons and jam it up when you're flying it--it'll make both of us cranky."

He looked down at his notes. "For Parents' Weekend I've let the Student Council know that the flight sim will be open so you can show off your skills to anyone who might be coming. They'll also be welcomed to try it."

He folded up his paper. "That's it for now, unless you have any questions. Oh--I'm putting out a piece of paper for suggestions of aircraft programs to include in the sim--I don't want to keep using crafts that only I'm familiar with--it's not fair to the rest of you. Thanks!"

[OOC: Let me set up some anal-retentive comment threads before you come play.

ETA: All set up. Yay!]

Comments

Sign-in sheet

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Sign in here to get credit for attending the meeting.

Re: Sign-in sheet

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han signs in.

Re: Sign-in sheet

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

*signs in, and goes to run the Flight Simulator*

Re: Sign-in sheet

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

*stops by on his evening jog, grins, waves, and jogs off*

Re: Sign-in sheet

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova signs in, surrepitiously adjusting her sunglasses against the shiny glare of Amidala's Baby.

Re: Sign-in sheet

[can_be_more]

*signs in*

Re: Sign-in sheet

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

*signs in*

Re: Sign-in sheet

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Rogue signs in and wanders toward the flight sim.

Re: Sign-in sheet

[02maxwell.livejournal.com]

*signs in with a grin*

Re: Sign-in sheet

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

Kara scrawls her name.

Meet up to fly the Baby.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"The first four members with real-time space flight experience to show up get to fly the real Naboo Royal Starship. And it's as much fun as it looks like it will be."

Re: Meet up to fly the Baby.

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han signs in. "YT-1300, plus sme atmospheric craft experience."

Re: Meet up to fly the Baby.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova hurries over, mentally squeeing in joy but outwardly composed. "Early bird gets the worm," she grins. "I've never flown a midsized craft like this before . . . just the little light fighters and the bigger cruisers - when I have to."

Re: Meet up to fly the Baby.

[can_be_more]

"You mean we actually get to go somewhere this time?" Aeryn smiles.

Fly the Sim.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"The flight simulator has been programmed to fly like a Naboo Royal Starship. It moves a little slower than the Starfighter from last week and doesn't appreciate being spun quite as much."

Re: Fly the Sim.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

*sits in the Simulator, very bored*

Re: Fly the Sim.

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

Kiki, seeing everyone clustered around the real ship - the thought of which scares her a bit - sits down hesitatntly in the simulator. Having been teaching broom-flying last week, this it the first time she's had a chance to try the sim.

She gingerly takes the controls and begins to move them. The simulator gives the impression that the world about her is lurching sickeningly, and she tries to steady her hands. Unfortunately, the jerk of her hand sends the sim-ship flopping sideways rapidly, the spin making her sick to her stomach.

Kiki winces as the simulator tells her she's just crashed. Badly.

"Ooooops," she murmurs, hesitantly taking the controls again.

Write down your suggestion for the next aircraft to be flown in the Sim.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Because it's not fun if it's just ships I already know how to fly."

Re: Write down your suggestion for the next aircraft to be flown in the Sim.

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

[ooc, since my char knows nothing about it: The Enterprise!]

Re: Write down your suggestion for the next aircraft to be flown in the Sim.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

*writes down: An Earthforce Starfury. Requires a bit more finesse than these ships, as they maneouver by booster firing rather than sustained motion. I have the sim data for them too.*

Re: Write down your suggestion for the next aircraft to be flown in the Sim.

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

writes: Since we have 1 available to fly, program for YT-1300 and train before we lift her?

Chat with your fellow members.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"You're a chatty bunch. Go ahead and be chatty here."

[padmeofnaboo.livejournal.com]

Padme checks over her insurance policy on the ship one more time, then makes sure she's paid up to date.

Flying "the Baby"

[padmeofnaboo.livejournal.com]

Padme waits for the chosen flyers to all come inside the ship.

After looking over their flight experience, she settled on Han first. She had a fairly solid feeling about his capabilities. Plus, people who talked that way about their ships knew better than to scratch the Lexuses of the spaceflight machines.

Re: Flying "the Baby"

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han sat down in the pilot's chair, figuring now was NOT the best time to mention not having his endorsements. The controls were pretty standard, and he ran a careful preflight, by the book.

"Name your course, Senator."