Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Broken Steel)

The  is a weapon which is added to Fallout 3 with the Broken Steel add-on. It is carried by Super Mutant Overlords.

Characteristics
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is a ranged laser rifle shotgun with a possible knockback effect.

The weapon has the appearance of a "sawed-off" laser rifle, missing the tube on the bottom length of the barrel and having a new emitter aperture and attached wires. It also has a black-green, darker tone than the standard laser rifle. Unlike other laser rifles, each shot depletes 3 rounds of the weapon's ammunition, the Microfusion Cell, so it has an actual clip size of only 8. (24 ÷ 3 = 8)

Appearances
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Broken Steel.

Tri-Beam Laser Rifle vs. Metal Blaster

 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle has a longer effective range.
 * The Metal Blaster has a slightly shorter effective range.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle will do more damage with a VATS sneak attack (only one critical bonus allowed per VATS attack).
 * The Metal Blaster will deal greater damage in a non-VATS sneak attack (one critical bonus per beam allowed in free-aim).
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle will generally do more damage for a player with a low critical chance.
 * The Metal Blaster will generally do more damage for a player with a high critical chance.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle uses three Microfusion Cells.
 * The Metal Blaster uses only one cell per discharge.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is repairable only with other Tri-Beam Laser Rifles.
 * The Metal Blaster can be repaired with any AER9 Laser Rifles or the Wazer Wifle.

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