Flight Club meeting [Tuesday early evening--plenty of time before Caritas]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin opened up the door to the flight simulator shed and set up the chairs for another movie. With the excitement leading up to the holiday, he didn't really expect a lot of drama at the club tonight.

He looked over at the crowd. "Couple of things. First of all, I talked with Dean Bristow and he's okay with us doing some actual flying as long as we don't break atmosphere. Not great for flying space-based stuff, but until we're good to go on simulators, I don't really want us crashing into the sun and dying anyway. There is a new shop in town--Ivanova knows the owner--that's willing to teach us how to fly airplanes, which is very cool. We'll be having a trip over there after the holidays."

He gestured at the simulator. "I've set her controls for a YT-1300 Corellian stock freighter. You might know the type better as what the Millennium Falcon began life as." He smiled at Han. "Not quite sure what you've done to her controls, but I'm guessing they're not exactly factory-spec any more."

He cleared his throat. "And if you want a chance to head off world for the holiday, Han has room for up to three people to go with him back to a planet called Deneb. If you've always wanted to stand on a planet that isn't this one and you can convince your guardian that you should totally be allowed to go, well, here's your chance."

He pointed over at the movie screen. "And if your brains are too fried to even thinking about flying tonight, I've brought out a movie called Pearl Harbor. The history, I've been told, isn't exactly accurate and there's really no way the pilots could shift that quickly from flying fighters to flying bombers, but the explosions are cool and the nurses are kinda hot."

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[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han signs in

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[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*signs in right behind Han*

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack signs in.

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally is here. Cally signs in. Cally still wonders if there is ever gonna be a spaceship to repair. The announcements make her doubt this. Cally does not sulk, however, as her shield of cuteness makes her immune to pointless emo.

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

If Anakin could read minds, which he can't, he'd be feeling totally guilty.

He would also wonder if the giant hunk o' junk that Jayne left behind was ever going to be able to lift off.

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[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova signs in and considers pimping out Fly By Night a bit, but decides that if Jack would rather snooze in front of the TV he didn't deserve customers.

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

Vala signs in

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[can_be_more]

Aeryn signs in.

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron signs in.

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[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

Kiki signs in.

Fly the YT-1300

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

It's kinda-sorta like the Falcon!

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack manages to crash the first three times he flies the YT-1300. After that, things go a bit better.

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Well I know who isn't going to be landing my lady any time soon."

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"The only thing we've really changed on the lady from these controls is the addition of a hold-out gun below the cockpit. The control panel is almost entirely factory spec on the real one. It's the engines and wiring you've got to watch out for."



[[ooc: actually, that's pretty much canon. "For all her ramshackle look, she's in excellent condition and far faster than when she was built."--Ben Kenobi, radio drama Think pickup truck, but souped up for racing]]

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin nodded. "That's good to know." He looked a little sheepish. "I have a habit of tweaking my control panels, I wasn't sure if you were the same. They just feel so shiny and wrong straight off the line."

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*looks worried but steps up to try to fly it*

Han, you help?

Watch Pearl Harbor

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it sucks. Mock away.

Re: Watch Pearl Harbor

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Whoa, a sneak attack that almost completely wipes out the entirety of a fleet? That'd suck. A lot. Hope that never happens to the colonies." Cally says Because meta jokes are awesome.

Re: Watch Pearl Harbor

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

After being away last week flying her own spaceship again!!! mourning over some dead relative or something, Vala isn't much interested in flying the simulator. Plus it seems to give Cam weird freak-outs.

She figures she's better off kicking her feet up, grabbing some popcorn, and watching the movie.

Re: Watch Pearl Harbor

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova settles down to watch the movie and agreed with Anakin's assessment. Illogical but with hot nurses. She was happy.

Re: Watch Pearl Harbor

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

After watching the flight sim, Kiki shifts her focus to the movie. She watches it with a highly confused expression on her face.

"Is this supposed to have a plot?" she finally asks no one in particular.

Talk to Han about going to Deneb

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

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Re: Talk to Han about going to Deneb

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han's hanging out here, willing to field questions.

"Deneb 4 is an agricultural world with a tech level almost like Earth's. They've got space travel, and higher medicine, but that's about it. We got a single cabin and a double free, and double means double bunk, not two beds. We're going to pick up some basic supplies, and get sme repair stuff we can't get here."

Talk to Anakin

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