Flight & Flying, Thursday, May 17, 2018

[sith_happened]

Anakin stood in front of the students gathered inside the Flight Simulator, smiling. "Hello, and welcome to Flight and Flying class. I am Anakin Skywalker, and I practically grew up flying in my home galaxy. I was a podrace champion on Tatooine when I was nine, and then flew countless combat missions before ending up here in Fandom. I'm hoping to be able to pass along my passion for going extremely fast and sometimes upside with all of you. We'll start off fairly easy today--" if you thought like Anakin, at least, "--but I'm afraid we do need to engage in the first week ridiculousness of names. Please also tell me a kind of ship you'd like to fly sometime this summer."

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Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

Name and favorite ship to fly! Doesn't matter if you have or not.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[onefootoutthedoor]

“Peebee, and —“ She made a face. “I haven’t really gotten to fly anything much more exciting than your standard shuttle, so . . . hoping to change that here.”

She sounded a little bit grumpy about that. Look, it wasn’t like she had some burning ambition to pilot the Destiny Ascension or anything like that, she just thought it would be fun to take a turian frigate for a joyride or something. Hyetiana hadn’t exactly had a whole lot of options for vehicles she could, um, borrow, outside of shuttles. None that she’d been able to get away with, anyway.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

"We can definitely get more exciting than a shuttle," Anakin promised.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[onefootoutthedoor]

You know that thing where someone rubs their hands together and cackles to themself? Peebee wasn't quite doing that, but it was close. "That's all I'm looking for, really. Something way less boring than a shuttle."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[midichlorianfail]

"Theron, I'd like to try flying the X-70B Phantom."

Wasn't like he'd get a chance to back home unless the political situation took a turn for the bizarre.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

"That's a very specific ship," Anakin said, frowning in concentration. "How did you hear about it?"

Re: Introduce Yourself

[midichlorianfail]

"Had family in the war." Which was very very true, and very very vague. "Heard a bunch of stories, saw some holos."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I'm Sabine," she said, feeling like she'd said that more this week than in her entire life. "I don't really have a favorite, so I wouldn't mind trying some things out and seeing what I like."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

"Is there a particular type you'd like better? Capital ships? Freighters? Fighters?" Anakin asked.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Freighters seem the most useful. Fighters are more fun, though." So, both of those!

Re: Introduce Yourself

[justice_undone]

The question made Breq uncomfortable. Not the one about her name, the other one.

"I'm Breq, and I'd fly anything. I'm not picky."

It was a lie.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

"So hang gliders are okay?" he teased lightly. "Just a giant kite, some wind and a cliff?"

Re: Introduce Yourself

[justice_undone]

"Yes," Breq said, truthfully. "I don't see why."

She had been a troop carrier. Nothing really compared to that.

She regretted signing up for this class now, but tried to remind herself that it might be useful.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

"Just checking," Anakin said. "Some people think they want to fly all kinds of aircraft, then balk when the sides are taken away."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[justice_undone]

"I'm thinking it could be good experience for flying more complicated ones," Breq replied.

After a brief moment, she added: "What kind of aircraft did you fly on your combat missions?"

Re: Introduce Yourself

[reicicled]

"Bobby Drake, and..." he frowned thoughtfully. "I dunno. A Quinjet, maybe?" Because it wasn't like the Avengers would ever actually let him pilot one.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[sith_happened]

"I think that could be arranged," Anakin said thoughtfully. "Those have always looked like fun for an Earth vessel."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[misshapen_spark]

"Yang, and I've never gotten to fly a ship," she said, bouncing a little bit. "I can drive lots of things, though, and I'm pretty good at getting myself airborne."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[studyingfear]

"Rufus," he said, when it was his turn. "I've never flown before, though my interest would be in helicopters."

Primarily because they were one of the few 'ships' Midgar had.