<strong>Destiny Points:</strong><br/>Light Side: 2 Dark Side: 0<br/><hr/><br/>"Kirff!" Lyra cursed, as Kader managed to turn her aggressive tactics against her, squeezing her closer and closer to the walls - Kader's teasing might even have gotten to her a bit. Finally she cut her throttle and conceded the lead to Kader.<br/><br/>This presented an opening to Sadie. She cleaned up the last of the turrets, then set her throttle to full, tearing down the trench past Lyra's fighter. "Thanks for the opening Kader. Might just be bragging rights, but it sure feels good slipping past an A-wing now and then." The three fighters zipped across the finish line, Lyra bringing up the rear.<br/><br/>"Well, we're gonna have to rearrange the scoreboard after this one," Captain Rue announced over the radio, with a chuckle. "Lieutenant Tong, looks like you're top dog around these parts now," he said. "Even with a five-point penalty, you've got the highest score of anyone aboard the<em>Tranquility</em>right now. And Kader, well... don't you know it's bad form to beat your instruction on your first day?" The captain's tone, though, held nothing but admiration behind the friendly ribbing.<br/><br/>"As for you, Dremmer," he said, his tone getting a little grimmer. "I'm going to have a talk with the rest of Starfighter Command, before I enter this score. By all accounts you should be disqualified from this run."<br/><br/>"Yes sir," Sadie said, her tone suitably chastened.<br/><br/>"Alright, crew," Rue went on. "Form on me and prepare for the jump to hyperspace. And try not to rub this<em>too</em>much in everyone's faces when you get back."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><strong>For finishing basic flight training, give yourself 5xp. For beating Captain Rue's score, and tying Vek "Cowboy Hat" Wyles, give yourself an additional 10xp. Clearly, if I run this encounter for friends, I'll have to make it a little harder.</strong><br/><br/>I decided that double triumph meant Lyra had to make her own cool check against yours, and she fails, losing two points of speed!<br/><br/>On Sadie's turn, she shoots, taking down the last turret. Then she punches it to get to speed 5. She succeeds on her piloting check, which means she finishes the lap second (not that it scores her any additional points) and Lyra takes third place on the lap.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Finishing lap position:</strong><br/><br/>Kader - Speed 6 <br/>Sadie - Speed 5<br/>Lyra - Speed 4<br/><br/><strong>Points:</strong><br/>Lyra - 52 points<br/>Kader - 46 points<br/>Sadie - 37 points<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Updated Scoreboard</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>Tarski - 63<br/>Tong - 52<br/>Wyles - 48<br/>Adoron - 46<br/>Andromias - 46<br/>Rue - 40<br/>Dremmer - 37<br/>Vrackus - 10<br/><br/>Man, Lyra acquitted herself pretty well. In fact, if she hadn't gotten that one foul, and if she'd won the last lap, she'd be 1 point behind Tarski.<br/></div></div>