Tesla Armor (Fallout 3)

The Tesla Power Armor, often called simply Tesla Armor by Enclave Troops, is a type of Power Armor. Unlike the pre-War Tesla Metal Armor, constructed from plans left by Nikola Tesla, it is a variant of the Advanced Power Armor Mk II with a Tesla device that disperses a large percentage of directed energy attacks. Additionally, the armour makes operation of energy weapons easier, boosting the Energy Weapons skill of the operator.

Although this is powerful armor and a great addition to your wardrobe, the only place to get it (and spare suits for repairs) is by fighting Enclave soldiers. Their armor is usually acquired in rather poor condition, with several new holes in it. Despite this drawback, the armor is still one of the best you can find by the end of the game, bested only by the T-51b.

Please note: this suit comprises 3 pieces instead of the regular 2. It has a helmet and main body armor as the other suits do, but it also has a third piece, a backpack addition, that grants +1 Str, -1 Agi, +15 Rad Resist. In your inventory, the backpack is also named "Tesla Armor", but it is a seperate piece and can be worn without the other pieces. See Tesla Armour Backpack.

Tesla Armor can be given to Protector Casdin at Fort Independence for 5.56mm rounds, Frag Grenades , RadAway or Stimpaks

Locations
Three Enclave soldiers with Tesla Armor are frequently found near Alexandria Arms

Three Enclave soldiers, one with Tesla Power Armor, can be found at an outpost on the other half of the broken overpass behind Arefu

A set can be found on the body of an Enclave soldier in the Deathclaw Sanctuary

During the quest "Take it Back!", some Tesla Armor can be found on the body of the Enclave soldiers' bodies.

You may also find Tesla armor on fleeing enclave soldiers running away from Raven Rock after you explode it, come back in a few days and there will still be people there.

During the quest "The Waters of Life", in the second section of the Taft Tunnel, there are a pair of Enclave soldiers with Tesla Armor on a balcony, just after you are stopped to deal with Garza. If you have the Bloody Mess perk, you may be able to loot the armor from a body part that falls from the balcony after killing them with a headshot.

Appearances
While the Enclave's Tesla Armor appears only in Fallout 3, a powered Tesla Armor appears in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, found in a Shop-Tec weapon vending machine in the Secret Vault Warehouse Basement. They do not seem to be related.