I've been chillin' out on a star with my 5 star view

[lucetimods]

Who: All draftees
What: The space battle commences
When: After 3PM on the 19th to the 23rd
Where: In Space! On the Moon!
Summary: The battle finally begins! First there's asteroids to take down, then we finally arrive!
Rating: SPACE

MORE SPACE

All the details you need are here, so read up on it. This didn't get mentioned before, but you can tag the cultists instead of killing them. Details on this are on a previous draft post. Using the scanners are optional!

There will be a thread for interacting with NPCs, but they may not all go up at once, so keep an eye out for them.

Note: A log for the events in the village will go up on the 21st, in time for the hurricane and droid incursion.

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[averybadfeeling]

[As the cockpit closes around them, he flashes a grin over his shoulder.]

"I very much doubt it. Flying is for droids."

[And with that he takes off and heads out into space.]

[selfhelp]

[...Was that a joke?

He really hopes that was a joke.

OH GOD AND HE FORGOT HIS HELMET IN THE HANGER JKSDHFDKJF

Okay, okay, don't panic. Steeling himself, Billy focuses on the battle up ahead, keeping an eye out for the enemies flying around the battleship. He's never been in a fight that's even remotely like this- only watched it dozens of times in as many sci-fi films he could get his hands on. And now that he's out there...]

...This... isn't much like the movies, is it.

[averybadfeeling]

"You're skirmishing in outer space with a Jedi Knight from one of your movies. I fail to see the distinction."

[And then he's just going to go ahead and flip, diving- relative to their original position- straight down and firing at a small asteroid.

You don't get motion sick, do you, Billy?]

[selfhelp]

[Actually? He kind of does. So for the first few minutes of the ride, once Obi-Wan really gets going with the maneuvers, Billy sinks down in his seat and rests his head between his knees, mumbling something to himself that sounds vaguely like "donotthrowupdonotthrowupdonotthrowup."

The force field will be coming... momentarily. Just gotta adjust first.]

[averybadfeeling]

[Obi-Wan turns to look at Billy with a concerned frown.]

"Oh, dear. Are you alright?"

[As he speaks, he seems to be withdrawing from the main action, moving closer to the Liberator to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.]

[selfhelp]

...Um. Questionably.

[His voice is a bit hoarse, still muffled against the pants of his space suit. Wow, that's some rush. Okay, okay. Middle of a fight. There are important things going on around him. Stop losing it, Kaplan.

Warily sitting up, he steadies himself in his seat with one hand, pressing up against the wall of the cockpit. Lifting his free hand, he summons a blue glow, letting it slowly spread out over the surface of the ship.]

"Forcefieldforcefieldforcefieldforcefield..."

[averybadfeeling]

"If you're certain."

[Questionably did not sound like 'Yes,' but they cannot afford to stay out of the battle for much longer, and so, Obi-Wan will enter the fray once again. His main focus will be attempting to eliminate the smaller, more elusive asteroids.]

[selfhelp]

[Creating a forcefield that spans across the entire surface of the ship is pretty demanding, so it takes him a bit to get it fully formed. One it's finished, he tries his best to keep it thin around the front window, not wanting the blue sheen to block Obi-Wan's view. Only once he's satisfied with the shield does he stop chanting, though he keeps his hands raised to hold it in place. The stability of the spell seems to have appeased his motion sickness for the moment, at least.]

This has got to be the weirdest space battle I've ever seen... are they seriously riding asteroids?

OH IF ONLY OBI-WAN KNEW ABOUT THE YUUZHAN VONG

[averybadfeeling]

"I have heard of stranger things. Mynocks can live in the vacuum of space without any vessel whatsoever."

[He could sense the energy coating the hull of the ship. He wasn't certain how reliable it was, and he wouldn't like very much to test it, but sometimes one has to do things that don't sound pleasant.

Like trying to use laser blasts and torpedo explosions to propel the smaller asteroids into the path of the Liberator's guns, for instance.]

DO THEY RIDE ASTEROIDS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE COOL

[selfhelp]

Oh, right, they- [Wait, is talking about the movies weird? It feels kind of weird. "Hey I know that thing that's going to happen after you're dead." Yeah that's not awkward or anything.] ...They do that. ...I wonder if there's anything like mynocks in this part of space?

NO THEY HAVE LIVING SHIPS AND ARE LAME WARHAMMER 40K WANNABE RENEGADES

[averybadfeeling]

"I sincerely doubt that."

[He feels the moment of doubt, but elects not to comment on it, mostly because he's busy attempting evasive action to elude an oncoming projectile.

In short, he does a barrel roll.]

okay that's just weird 8[ wtf EU

[selfhelp]

...Too bad. I'd have-

[HURK. The shield flickers for a moment because Billy suddenly finds himself upside down, and his eyes widen in a mixture of stark terror and astonishment, hands pressed against the roof of the cockpit despite being strapped in. THAT WAS THE SCARIEST THING HE HAS EVER EXPERIENCED OKAY.]

Wh... wha... warn me next time!

[He's one step away from heaving his breakfast all over Obi-Wan's fancypants hair.]