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Jaina Solo Fel ([personal profile] solo_sword) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2016-05-15 08:48 pm
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Flight and Flying- Monday- 2nd period

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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[personal profile] goforthe_optics 2016-05-16 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Tali'Zorah
goforthe_optics: (Neutral (Facing Forward))

Re: Listen to the lecture

[personal profile] goforthe_optics 2016-05-16 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, so Tali's face might not be visible, but her indignant horror was probably noticeable to anyone in the room who was Force-sensitive, because who had designed these fighters?

Scandalized engineer was scandalized.
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Re: Simulation #1

[personal profile] goforthe_optics 2016-05-16 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, there was a lot of crashing going on, and a whole lot of colorful swearing in Khelish.

"This is terrible! If I ever find the bosh'tet who came up with these schematics . . ."
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[personal profile] notfinnyet 2016-05-16 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
FN-2187
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Re: Listen to the lecture

[personal profile] notfinnyet 2016-05-16 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
FN-2187 was kind of excited about today's lesson. Here was a skill he could maybe put into practice for the First Order someday!

He didn't really appreciate how the teachers kept talking about the downsides of a TIE fighter, though. Surely it wasn't that bad, right?
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Re: Simulation #1

[personal profile] notfinnyet 2016-05-16 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
After the first few crashes, FN-2187 muttered, "I think I understand why I was never chosen for pilot training now."

It was not entirely his fault, but good luck convincing him of that.
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2016-05-16 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
Anakin was there, ready to listen to all TIE-related ranting.
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[personal profile] snipsnspecks 2016-05-16 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahsoka Tano
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Re: Listen to the lecture

[personal profile] snipsnspecks 2016-05-16 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, Anakin, remind Ahsoka about last week's class and give her more reasons to have very un-Jedi-like feelings towards you.
snipsnspecks: (A: Piloting's easy he says)

Re: Simulation #1

[personal profile] snipsnspecks 2016-05-16 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The X-Wings looked far too similar to ARC-170s for Ahsoka to feel comfortable attacking them, regardless of being only sims, so she stuck to the first sim today.

Now that they weren't shooting at her (Anakin) she could see the similarities to a Jedi interceptor, which meant she didn't crash, but she went off course a few times while figuring out how it handled differently.
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Re: Talk to the teachers

[personal profile] snipsnspecks 2016-05-16 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Grandchildren!" Well, it wasn't the TIE-related ranting.
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Re: Talk to the teachers

[personal profile] sith_happened 2016-05-16 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes?" Anakin said, trying to look innocent about it.

He failed completely.
snipsnspecks: (A: What fresh bantha fodder is this?)

Re: Talk to the teachers

[personal profile] snipsnspecks 2016-05-16 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"You!" Anakin, there were people, somewhere, maybe, who might have been taken in by that, your Padawan was not one of them. "Grandchildren!"

And she didn't even know about Jaina, yet.
sith_happened: (Anakin: this is bad)

Re: Talk to the teachers

[personal profile] sith_happened 2016-05-16 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"The Order and I had some philosophical differences about the 'no attachments' thing," Anakin said, which probably wasn't a huge surprise to Ahsoka.
snipsnspecks: (A: I did not know that)

Re: Talk to the teachers

[personal profile] snipsnspecks 2016-05-16 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
No, she had managed to figure that much on her own. Also not what had her unable to speak in whole sentences, which he knew.

"You said 'long story', not 'by the way, Ahsoka, my grandkid has younglings, watch out for that'." To be fair, by the time he had a graceful opening for that, she had already posted in last weeks class all unknowing. "When did you two even find the time anyway?" There'd been a war on, and unless numerous people had lied to her over the years, humans didn't lay eggs.

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[identity profile] halfaclink.livejournal.com 2016-05-16 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Frank Doyle

RE: Talk to the teachers

[identity profile] halfaclink.livejournal.com 2016-05-16 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"So they're called TIE fighters because they look like bow ties, right?" Frank asked. He was wearing a bow tie, for the record. "Do people in space even have bow ties?"
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Re: Talk to the teachers

[personal profile] sith_happened 2016-05-16 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Anakin coughed. "We got married after the Battle of Geonosis."

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