Flight and Flying [Friday morning]

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

When the students arrived, Alec was standing where one would normally find Anakin (the padawan was watching, but seeming very hung-over or perhaps sick or maybe his player was on vacation - who knows?). And in front of him, there were two shiny swoop bikes

As well as the silly helmets from last week, one of which Alec was holding under his arm.

"So, Anakin wants us all to do some real flying this time around," Alec said by way of greeting. "Next week is the Coruscant trip and he doesn't want any of us freezing when we've got real controls in front of us.

"This one," he said, indicating the first bike. "Is Anakin's. The other one? Is mine. Don't crash either of them, or we'll be annoyed. The bikes can hit about 400 klicks, but you don't actually have to go that fast." He held up the helmet that he'd had under his arm so everyone could see. "I'll be wearing this so I can talk to you while you're buzzing around the island. Don't go over water, don't go towards the mainland, and don't crash into any rock faces, okay?"

Alec gave the class a demonstration of the bike's controls.

"Now get out there and don't die."

[ooc: Wait for OCD! Sorry it's so late, try not to kill yourselves because Anakin's around-but-not and Alec has no idea what Coruscant's going to be like so you can bug him but he'll probably just get annoyed.]

Comments

Re: Fly the Swoop Bike

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter put on the helmet, hopped on the bike, and looked for the one thing he needed. "How do I make it go?"

Re: Fly the Swoop Bike

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"There's a button on the right, near your thumb," Alec said through the comm-link.

Re: Fly the Swoop Bike

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Gotcha," Peter said, pressing the button and taking off entirely too quickly.

It should be noted that his run with the bike wasn't technically sound, but he didn't crash despite several close calls. His agility and spider-sense allowed him to correct himself at the last moment every time something bad almost happened.

If he were in the simulator, however, he'd be smashed several times over.

Re: Fly the Swoop Bike

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

When Peter returned from his run, Alec was glad to see that there were no major dents or scratches. He might have eeped a bit knowing how close some of those calls were, but, hey, as long as they came through without destroying a bike or Peter dying, it was all good.