Drac looked around as he walked through the front doors of the Naval Academy. He knew where he was going already, but it was always good to get a peek at the next generation of pilots coming up. This group looked much the same as the others he'd seen, mostly humans with a scattering of other species throughout. Then again, appearances didn't make the pilot. He'd seen squadrons put together simply because the members meshed well in the holonews pictures...he'd also seen those squadrons get hammered because their skills weren't as good as their looks.

Continuing deeper into the Academy, the Mon Calamari made his way to a private staff room. From there, he planned to continue on to the office of the Naval Training Officer, 2nd Lt. StOrMz, who was his boss whenever Nazgul gave him enough of a break for him to return to the Academy. This, however, proved unnecessary. Lt. StOrMz was in the staff room at the moment. Saluting, Drac reported in, "Operator 3rd Class Mihawk reporting, sir."

The wookie returned the salute and got straight to business, "I have an assignment made up for you today, Petty Officer. One of our students, one ZalaVE, is looking promising. I'd like you to run some simulator combat with him and see how he fares. Suit up and meet him in Simulator Room Three in twenty standard minutes."

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-In Simulator Room Three-

Drac returned the salute from the human male who'd been waiting for him, "You are Crewman ZalaVE?"

"Yes, sir. Reporting for duty."

"Good. I am Petty Officer 1st Class Drac. We'll be running some simulator missions today. If you're ready, mount up and we'll begin." The two climbed into the simulator cockpits. Once they were strapped in, Drac activated a special number pad that controlled the simulators. Entering a certain code, he linked the two units and set them for a specific mission. Countdown timers appeared on each screen a moment later. 5...4...3...2...1...Mission Begins.

The two TIE Interceptors began their mission in empty space, patrolling between a large gas giant planet and a plains-covered moon. Drac activated his comm unit, "We're to patrol the area between our base on the moon and the planet. There are reports of pirate activity in the area."

As soon as he finished speaking six blips appeared on their sensor screens. Targeting data and information about the ships surrounded them. Thumbing his weapons control over to concussion missiles, Drac spoke again, "Looks like half a squadron of TIE-Wings. Let's see what you can do with a missile. Pick a target and vape it with a missile, then we'll go at this four on two." Suiting action to words, the Mon Cal banked his craft to starboard and dove toward the gas giant. Within a few seconds he entered missile range and settled his crosshairs over the far left enemy ship. A lock tone quickly sounded and he pulled the trigger.

The TIE-Wing tried to snap roll to dodge the missile, but the ungainly craft just wasn't up to it. The pilot had only managed to rotate it up on one side before the concussion missile slammed into the front viewport of the craft's TIE cockpit. It penetrated, then detonated, sending the Y-wing nacelles spinning off into space as the cockpit was vaporized. Satisfied with the kill, Drac watched to see the results of Zala's missile.

OOC:

Okay, some basic rules as promised. Some of these are pretty much unspoken and aren't taught at the Academy, so learning them here will help you a lot:

-Don't kill more than one enemy ship per post.
-Your post must be 250 words or more according to Naval standards. Most squadrons prefer 500+ words, though, so shoot for that mark.
-No double posting unless 24+ hours have passed since your last post.
-You have a little control of others' characters, but not much. It shouldn't go beyond writing out both sides of a conversation and some basic combat maneuvers. Let other members write out their own kills.
-Include some maneuvers in each ship vs ship fight. That means writing out what moves you make in your ship and your opponent's reaction to them.
-Remember to write in the third person (he, she, it, etc), not in the first person (I, we, etc)
-It's always a good idea to use Wookiepedia to research the ships involved in a fight to learn what their capabilities are. That'll help you know if you're faster or slower than your enemies, if you're more or less maneuverable, what weapons they have, etc.

There's more as we go, but this should get you off on the right foot. We don't expect perfection, especially not the first time. That's what training is for, eh?

With the enemy fighter pilot dead Zala could now focus on the other enemy fighter at hand.  The rest of the enemy squadron had been focusing on Zala more than Drac which ment Zala was in great danger.  Zala was being pursued by four other enemy fighters it was time for him devise a new strategy to defeat the other fighters.  While Zala was being chased by the other enemy fighters so he decided to perform a Barrel Roll to evade all the laser shots that were coming at him from the other enemy fighters.  Zala now had to get into missile range of one of the enemy fighters bit to do that he would have to get behind one of them.  So again he performed another Lag Persuit manouver which once again confused the enemy. Then finally Zala was finally behind an enemy fighter once more he had a missile lock on it the missile lock tone sounded and it was missile away.  The missile fkew at the enemy fighter at high speeds killing the enemy pilot instantly.  Now that Zala had gotten another kill the rest of the enemy squadrons morale had been weekend and they were disoriented.  Zala now only had to focus on the three remaining enemy fighters which was sort of a reliefe to him.

OOC:

Sorry for the gap in participation. Still finishing up at my old job while training at my new one, so time's been short today.

To clarify what the Lt. is talking about when he says spacing: Bascially, divide your posts into paragraphs. A good way to practice that is to have your character see or hear something and go on to have him think about it. That should be its own paragraph along with one or two paragraphs about the combat itself. You can use as many paragraphs as you want to in a post.

I promise, I will get on and write out a post here...but right now my brain is fried, lol. Good initiative in making a second post. Go ahead and post again if you want to.

-Drac

As the fourth enemy fighters debris drifeted into space Zala now only had to focus on the last two enemy fighters which were pursuing him like bees coming out of a hornets nest.  Zala was a bit more to have shot down three enemy fighters and only had to worry about the two remaining ones.  The remaining two enemy fighters were chasing Zala through an asteroid field which could be disasterous at any moment.  Then Zala decided to perform a Lag Pursuit manouver again to try and flank the the two remaining enemy fighters.

    Zala then performed the manouverbut was sort of unsuccessful because the two remaining enemy fighter pilots were now out for Zala's blood and to avenge the death of their four lost comrads.  Zala had now managed to get behind one of the two remaining enemy fighters and fired his blaster cannons at it but missed.  When the two enemy fighter pilots realised that Zala was trying to pul a flanking manouver and trying to shoot at them they then did a manouver of their own and surprised him.

    The last two enemy fighter pilots had put Zala into a dangerous scenario.  Zala had to think of what to do next for instance if he tried to fly right at the two enemy fighters he would probably be immediatly shot down.  So he decided to try and do another Barrel Roll.  Zala then executed the Barrel Roll which actualy worked and it surprised the enemy pilots.  Now that Zala had broken free of the enemy fighter pilots he now could plan a new strategy to try and take down at least one or both of the enemy fighters.

    Zala now thought to himself that the here and now would be the perfect time to hit the enemy hard, so he then managed to pull another flanking manouver to confuse the enemy.  Zala thought that if the enemy was confused and  disorianted he would be able to shoot at least one or  both of them .  Zala then managed to get right behind one of the two enemy fighters.  He then armed one of his missiles and set his crosshairs on of the last two enemy fighters pulled the trigger and it was missile away.  The missile then flew at high speeds and flew right into the one of the enemy fighters penetrating its titanium metal structure killing the pilot instantly.  The only thing that Zala had to do now is wait for his CO Drac fire the last shot and the battle would be over if he didn't Zala would have to do it himself.

Excellent work Zala, your work went from being hard to read to very well laid out and much more pleasurable to the eye :P