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[repetitio]

How many of you had combat-training or -experience in your matrices? Call it curiosity.

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[last_ofthe_jedi]

That's a very specific curiosity. Do you need help?

[repetitio]

No.

[ but that's sparse even for rita, so she elaborates a moment later: ] I'm a soldier.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

So you're just looking for other soldiers?

[repetitio]

Consider it a roll call.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

I see.

I was the commander of a starfighter squadron and I helped lead a rebellion.

[repetitio]

Starfighter squadron?

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Yes, a squad of single-passenger ships built primarily for space combat. I flew an Incom T-65 X-wing which were just about the best fighters around. I also have a lot of ground combat experience.

[repetitio]

The closest thing to space combat inside involved choppers.

Space travel normal in yours?

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Sure, we've been using it for well over 20,000 years since around the invention of the hyperdrive. Our government covers a vast portion of the galaxy.

What are choppers?

[repetitio]

Helicopters.
That's different.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Oh of course. We had helicopters too, usually called chopters.

Were you a pilot too?

[repetitio]

Not primarily.