> Entering the room on the left,
>she found Skuld Ravenhair, lab-coated and goggled, blasting at a
>holographic target with what looked like some sort of hobbyist-built
>phaser rifle. It had a backpack power unit connected to a rifle-like
>wand with a heavy cable and was spewing a bright orange stream of
>energy that Skuld seemed to be having trouble controlling. In fact,
>she looked like she was wrestling a fire hose, and at the far end of
>the range, she was hitting everything but the target.