fandomhigh | Flight and Flying, Monday, May 9, 2016

Anakin, clad in Jedi robes, stood in front of a massive flight simulator, a tiny smile playing across his face as he scanned the students before him. "I'm Anakin Skywalker," he began, "and this is a class to teach you how to fly atmospheric- and space-based aircraft. Hopefully all of you are from cultures where air flight is not a new concept. If you aren't, this is going to be a rather steep learning curve. As it's our first class together, we're going to be doing a bit of information gathering with your introductions, so please give us your name and your favorite aircraft, even if you've never flown it personally."

"What we're flying today is called an X-wing. You might've seen these around the island before." And Jaina was not at all bitter that she didn't have hers here right now. Really. Shut up. "Where we come from, they're a common starfighter, equipped with weaponry, navigation, and hyperspace capabilities. They also fly with the help of an astrometry droid, who pitches in to help in flight, or who can make some emergency repairs if you take a hit in battle. They're generally pretty handy outside of a ship, too."

"If they ever stop yelling at you about piloting choices," Anakin grumbled. His relationship with Artoo had been an interesting one. "We have two different scenarios that let you take advantage of either the X-Wing's shooting prowess or its speed." He smiled. "Jaina and I have set some pretty impressive records on the sims, if we do say so ourselves, so don't feel like you need to compete with them. Just get a feel for how the X-Wing works, and how the simulator reacts. Remember that simulations let you try things that would absolutely kill you in the real world, so feel free to push it a bit."

This was why Obi-Wan hated flying with you, Anakin.

Jaina sighed a little, foreseeing a summer of being the simulator bad cop. "But try not to crash, okay? Humor me."

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Maybe in a military school. Which this was not. "Psst," he hissed, trying for a subtle wave.

Oh, hey, Eric! FN-2187 smiled broadly and gave him a little wave of acknowledgement.

... Sure, that'd do. "Oh, hey," Eric said, moving a bit closer. Hopefully neither of the teachers would mind a bit of off-topic chatter, but he was still gonna do his best to keep it kind of quiet. "I'm so glad we've got at least one class together!"

FN-2187 shot a nervous look at the teachers, because his previous instructors would tolerate exactly zero off-topic chatter. When they didn't immediately assign punishment detail, he tried a tentative, "Uh. Hi?"

Well, it wasn't exactly like there was lots to do while waiting for a turn at the simulator, right? "We really need to get you kitted out in something a little less conspicuous," Eric said decisively.

"But that's kind of the point of my uniform, isn't it?" FN-2187 asked, confused. Well, that and to make him look exactly the same as every other stormtrooper, which his abandonment of his helmet sort of destroyed. But seriously it was so hot in that thing.

Eric managed to suppress the urge to say "Oh you sweet innocent child," out loud, but he couldn't quite keep it off his expression. "Maybe at, ah, your previous school," he allowed. "But surely you've noticed by now there aren't too many folks in full suits of armor around." Tali being the obvious exception in their immediate vicinity, of course.

And the troopers in town, but FN-2187 hadn't seen them yet. "But I don't think any of them are cadets?"

"Wellllll no, you're probably right about that," Eric conceded. "But that's also my point. This isn't a school full of cadets. So you needn't feel like you ought to dress like you would there all the time, either."

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