Flight and Flying- Monday- 2nd period

[solo_sword]

Class was back in the flight shed today, with a whole new simulation. "Last week we tried out X-wings from our universe. This week we're back in the same area, but we're going to be flying TIE fighters."

"Those were the ones who shot at you in the trench last week," Anakin said helpfully, winking at Ahsoka. "They behave differently in flight than the X-Wings because of the structure of their wings. They're faster, but have no shielding, so any damage you take is going to have an immediate effect."

"Their other big detriment is that they're not equipped with hyperdrives," Jaina added. "If you can get away that way, you can shake them." Which… might not be entirely true now, but at least in Jaina's timeline it was soooo there was that?

Anakin nodded. "They're short-range, which means that if your cruiser feels threatened and hyperjumps away, you've just had a really, really bad day. They also have the navigational ability of large rocks when confronted with gravity--it's like flying an entirely different craft when they're planetside."

"Which is what you're going to be dealing with today," Jaina smiled, because they were mean. "You're going to be flying in the desert, trying to navigate yourself to a town programmed into the computer. Sooo… have fun with that."

"Don't crash and die too many times," Anakin added, nodding. "The other option is the same trench run in space that you did last week, only this time you'll be trying to shoot down the pesky X-Wings."

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Re: Talk to the teachers

[sith_happened]

"That sounds amazing," Anakin said. "We should do that in class."

Re: Talk to the teachers

[goforthe_optics]

"I'd be more than happy to get you the specs for it," Tali offered. "Though no, I'm not sure what the engineer behind that one was thinking either."

Re: Talk to the teachers

[sith_happened]

Anakin gestured at the TIE simulator. "Clearly that hasn't stopped up so far."

Re: Talk to the teachers

[goforthe_optics]

"Well, there's not much point in only learning to maneuver when it's easy, is there?" Tali said with the kind of rueful tone that said she knew that, but she would probably have Things to Say when it wasn't easy anyway. "It's definitely giving me clearer ideas about my own design concepts, though."

Re: Talk to the teachers

[sith_happened]

"I'm glad to help," Anakin said. "Do you think that would be a useful exercise? Design your own ship and see if it flies in the simulation?"

Re: Talk to the teachers

[goforthe_optics]

"That's . . ." Tali trailed off for a moment but sounded much more enthusiastic when she continued, "a really good idea, actually. Always a good thing to know why the thing you're flying works, right?"

Re: Talk to the teachers

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "I've done enough repairs in flight to know that you can't be a good pilot without a solid engineering background, too."

Re: Talk to the teachers

[goforthe_optics]

"As long as there's some work left for us non-pilot engineers to do, I won't argue," Tali said, chuckling.

Not that she was particularly worried about that.

Re: Talk to the teachers

[sith_happened]

"I'll make sure of it," Anakin said with a grin.