Tesla Armor (Fallout 3)

The Tesla armor is a type of power armor deployed by the Enclave in the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

Background
Unlike the pre-War Tesla armor, constructed from plans drawn up by the famed scientist Nikola Tesla and stolen by the American government upon his death in 1943, this Tesla armor is a variant of the Enclave's advanced power armor Mk II, jury-rigged with a Tesla device that is capable of dispersing a large percentage of the damage done by directed-energy attacks.

Characteristics
The armor makes the operation of energy weapons by the wearer easier, boosting the Energy Weapons skill of the operator. Enclave soldiers using this armor tend to use rarer, more powerful energy weapons, such as plasma rifles.

Tesla armor has Tesla coils on the shoulder pads and some lights running down the legs. It looks a bit bulkier than other power armors. If viewed closely, it appears to have remnants of yellow paint on some areas.

Although this is powerful armor, and a great addition to the Lone Wanderer's wardrobe, the only way to get it (and spare suits for repairs) is by fighting Enclave soldiers or finding at least one in the Mothership Zeta add-on. The Enclave soldiers' armor is usually acquired in rather poor condition. 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 and the Enclave Hellfire armor, both of which have superior damage resistance and rad resistance statistics, although they don't have Energy weapon skill bonus that Tesla armor offers.

Tesla armor can be given to Protector Casdin at Fort Independence for 5.56mm rounds, frag grenades, RadAway, or stimpaks as part of the unmarked quest The Outcast Collection Agent.

Bugs
If a fully repaired suit of Tesla armor is equipped and another suit (not necessarily at 100% condition) is in the player's inventory, the equipped suit will not degrade no matter how many times the player is hit. The unequipped armor will take the damage instead.