Total energy: ½ mvmax2…

Pai leaned over the computer, frowning in concentration.

"Red five! Red five! Come in, red five!"

The muffled shout of a far-off voice was quickly ignored.

Polarize the object's magnetic plane, so…

Pai's hand hovered over a key, then moved away.

"I hear you, Red Leader! What is it?"

"Diameter cubed," Pai muttered, attempting to ignore this interruption as well.

"There's an Imperial droid on your flight path!"

The voices were getting louder. Pai ground his teeth. One over (mv)(diameter)-

"I'll try to shake it, Red Leader!"

Pai's hands clenched into fists.

"Pyu! Pyu! Bang, bang, explosion!"

The noise was right outside his room now. Pai rose from his chair and stomped to the door.

Taruto held the binoculars up to his eyes and looked down the hallway. "I think I see the Death Star!" he shouted. "Kish- I mean, Red Five, you'll need to-" That was when the door behind him flew open. Taruto turned around and saw Pai staring down at him.

Pai scowled at the younger alien. "All right, what's going on?"

Kish popped into existence several feet above the floor. "We're playing Star Wars, Pai."

Pai raised an eyebrow. "Star Wars? What is 'Star Wars'?"

"Well," Taruto said, "you remember how Kish rigged one of the screens to play Earth movies?"

Pai nodded. "Unfortunately, yes."

The sarcasm was utterly lost on Taruto. "Anyway, me and Kish were watching TV, and we saw this cool movie called Star Wars." He swung an invisible lightsaber. "So now, we're playing Star Wars! Pyu, pyu, beepbeepbeep BOOM!"

"I think I'm like Han Solo," Kish interrupted. A thoughtful look spread over his face. "Yes," he continued, "and strawberry Koneko-chan is like Princess Leia. I'm dashingly brave and handsome. And while she continues to deny her feelings, beautiful Princess Ichigo secretly loves me!"

"Only, Ichigo doesn't secretly love you, Kish," Taruto said. "She openly hates you, though."

"Shut up," Kish muttered.

"But it's TRUE!" Taruto protested.

"I said, shut up."

"Okay, okay. Yeesh."

"I don't see why you have to play Star Wars right in front of my room," Pai said, annoyed. "I mean, there are a hundred places around this ship where you could run around acting like idiotic, lovestruck, small-brained, TV worshipping morons."

"You should take that back," Taruto said.

Kish folded his arms. "Yeah, we're not morons!"

Pai smirked. "Anyway, I don't see what the big deal is about this Star Wars thing. After all, it's just a movie."

"Just a movie?" Kish gasped, looking horrified. "Just a movie? Pai, how can you say that? Star Wars isn't just a movie! It's a glorious epic that spans time and space! Everyone who watches it loves it!"

"Well, I've never seen Star Wars," Pai said. "And I certainly don't intend to. Now please leave the area so I can return to my research."

"You've never seen Star Wars?" Taruto's eyes widened in shock. "We have to fix that right now! Come on, Kish!"

Before Pai could react, Kish and Taruto hoisted him onto their shoulders and started carrying him down the hallway.