001 The Pilots Licence
02 Jun 2021Skaven Jer
I'm writing these logs from memory so .......Well i passed the test and got my Licence, know idea how it was a complete disaster. I thought we'd do some training a few flight sims maybe but no " here's a list of controls tests later today" Bloody hell. While studying the controls and watching a few vids off the internet i looked around and noticed how young everybody was, no surprise it's a youngsters game i'm definitely slower than i used to be.
It started to go wrong as soon as i set off the controls seemed so counter intuitive and under responsive, the obstacle course was a nightmare i was bouncing off everything crashing into walls missing gates at one point i got turned around and went through 3 gates in the wrong direction. i eventually got around at a snails pace i'm sure i heard the instructor cancel his dinner. The rest of the test went ok but slowly, very slowly as soon as i speeded up at the insistance of the instructor things went pear shaped so i went at my own pace, snailpace. Like i said things were going ok until the final test the live firefight this was a shocker i just couldn't get a bead on him for long enough every time i got the shields down i couldn't get another blast off to destroy the damned drone the next i got bead on it the shields were back up it took me 45 MINUTES to destroy that damned drone.
After i got back to the Dock i was in shock my confidence was completely shot my hands were shaking and i was in a cold sweat. I can't even remember getting my licence all i could think was that there's no way i can fly anymore i've lost it and when i saw the tin can of sidewinder i was given my heart sank into my boots maybe i can get a job cleaning the toilets in a type 9.
I was completely dejected
Cmdr Skaven Jer o7