Spaceships 101- 1st period- Week #1
Jaina had sent a handwavy e-mail to the students in her class directing them to meet in the flight shed. She'd even been considerate enough to attach directions to the flight shed, with the new kids in mind. Or maybe she just didn't like people being late, it was hard to tell with her.
When everyone got there, they'd find Jaina standing in front of the simulator, greeting them with, "Good morning. Sorry to drag you all out of bed so early for this, but hopefully you'll manage to stay awake week after week. My name is Jaina Solo, and you'll be listening to me lecture at you for the next semester. Just call me Jaina. I know too many of you for it not to be weird to call me anything else." Plus, she was related to some of them, which would make it weirder, but she wasn't going to throw that out in class. "And to those of you who know me, yes, I'm older, let's get that out of the way right now. For those that don't, some background: I'm from a galaxy far, far away. I've been flying since I was a kid, I joined the military as a teenager, and made my way up to colonel, though I'm on leave now. I do know what I'm talking about with this stuff, and I promise to go easier on you than I did on my squadron." She really didn't want to make high schoolers cry unless she had to.
"What we're going to be covering in this class are ships from my galaxy. For the most part, I'm thinking starfighters. It means getting to shoot at things without hurting anything, which can be a pretty great way to start your day, depending on who you are. I will try to mix things up for you and get you in some other things, so if dogfights aren't your thing, you can relax. We're going to be using this simulator here for the class most weeks," she said, patting the side of the sim. "I'm going to trust you all to only treat it nicely, but know that if you don't, you not only have to answer to me, but Professor Skywalker, so let's just avoid that.
"This is going to be an easy class this week," Jaina continued. "There's JGOB for you guys, and we're going to be completely unoriginal and do introductions. So, give me your name, and tell me how good you think you are in a cockpit and how good you want to be. Let's start with you."
When everyone got there, they'd find Jaina standing in front of the simulator, greeting them with, "Good morning. Sorry to drag you all out of bed so early for this, but hopefully you'll manage to stay awake week after week. My name is Jaina Solo, and you'll be listening to me lecture at you for the next semester. Just call me Jaina. I know too many of you for it not to be weird to call me anything else." Plus, she was related to some of them, which would make it weirder, but she wasn't going to throw that out in class. "And to those of you who know me, yes, I'm older, let's get that out of the way right now. For those that don't, some background: I'm from a galaxy far, far away. I've been flying since I was a kid, I joined the military as a teenager, and made my way up to colonel, though I'm on leave now. I do know what I'm talking about with this stuff, and I promise to go easier on you than I did on my squadron." She really didn't want to make high schoolers cry unless she had to.
"What we're going to be covering in this class are ships from my galaxy. For the most part, I'm thinking starfighters. It means getting to shoot at things without hurting anything, which can be a pretty great way to start your day, depending on who you are. I will try to mix things up for you and get you in some other things, so if dogfights aren't your thing, you can relax. We're going to be using this simulator here for the class most weeks," she said, patting the side of the sim. "I'm going to trust you all to only treat it nicely, but know that if you don't, you not only have to answer to me, but Professor Skywalker, so let's just avoid that.
"This is going to be an easy class this week," Jaina continued. "There's JGOB for you guys, and we're going to be completely unoriginal and do introductions. So, give me your name, and tell me how good you think you are in a cockpit and how good you want to be. Let's start with you."