A series of glimmering blue bands shot forth and formed walls all around the carpet.  Suddenly, she was not alone.<div class="floatright">(http://www.porninviter.com/images/02-xl.jpg)</div><br/><br/>As darkness shrouded the carpet, a naked female figure with lines of beaming light across her body appeared.  Her body was supple, smooth yet firm, and downright pornographic--clearly designed for fulfill lecherous fantasies.  An instant recognition in her eyes resulted in her shooting a dark glare at Etoile, however.<br/><br/>"Security has been notified of your intrusion, awai--" suddenly her head spun a little and another voice came through hers, not a beautiful woman's sonorous voice, but a man's.<br/><br/>"Hah, you idiot!"  There was a deeply unsettling male laughter from the woman's mouth.  "You've practically handed yourself to me!  Power down your shields and let my guards bring you in, or things are gonna get ugly."<br/><br/>As he said that, jagged spikes of flickering red hardlight stabbed forward.  Not reacting quick enough, Etoile's shields took the hit.  It wouldn't be much longer until they were through, however!  A red blinking let her know they were halfway through depleted.<br/><br/>The woman spun up a disk of hard-light and leaped forward at Etoile.  Shields normally didn't do well against melee, but the hard light disk was weak enough that it would hit her more like an energy projectile.  Still, it could shred her clothing quickly if it got down to that.  Likely with guards watching.<br/><br/>Although the fully immersive VR experience attempted to compress all sounds outside of area and messed with scanners, Etoile could tell there were guards right outside the bedroom door about to burst in.  The small man had slowed his descent and was hanging on the stairs, perhaps viewing the events through a camera?  Things had rapidly gone sideways.<br/><br/><em>Three major obvious courses of action, and several not so obvious, evince themselves</em>:<br/><strong>Shoot the Guards!</strong>Attacking the hologram won't hurt her, but the guards through the wooden doorway could be hit with skill and precision even from inside the cage.  Roll Shooting.<br/><br/><strong>Dodge! </strong>If no attention is paid to her attempts, she will hit Etoile.  Roll Melee to dodge the holograms attacks.<br/><br/><strong>Shoot the Projectors!</strong>A lot of danger and restrictions would be removed if this was done.<br/><br/><em>Etoile can attempt 2 things, or 1 thing and gain an extra die for that single test.</em><br/><br/><strong>Stand Down</strong>: Etoile could pretend to surrender.  Or actually surrender.  This could open up some opportunities.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Etoile</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/hKb9Ano.jpg)</div><br/>Name: Lucille Sinclaire i.e. Bounty Huntress 'Etoile'<br/>Age: 23<br/><br/><strong>Perception: 2/4</strong> <br/>(fuse): 0<br/><br/>Piloting:  2<br/>Shooting:  3<br/>Hacking:  1<br/>Trapsense:  1<br/><br/><strong>Physique: 2</strong><br/>(alien seed): 0<br/><br/>Melee:  2<br/>Slutcraft/Sneak:  1<br/>Sex:  2<br/>Resistance:  2<br/><br/><strong>Charisma: 3</strong><br/>(corruption): 0<br/><br/>Diplomacy:  2<br/>Seduction:  3<br/>Bullshit:  1<br/>Willpower:  1<br/><br/>Shield: 1/2<br/>Suit: 4/4<br/><br/><strong>STARTER SHIP:</strong><br/><br/><strong>ISS Zephyr</strong><br/>Speed: 1<br/>Shields: 2/2<br/>Firepower: 1, +0</div></div>