Plasma Defender (GRA)

The Plasma Defender is an energy weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.

Characteristics
The Plasma Defender is a powerful energy-based pistol that fires superheated bolts of green plasma. It is able to punch through most creatures and low to medium-level types of armor with ease.

Specially constructed by the Gun Runners, this Plasma Defender is identical to the standard model in both textures and stats, the main difference being this variant can accept weapon modifications.

Durability
The Plasma Defender can fire a total of about 495 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 31 reloads, or 16 reloads when modified with the hi-capacity terminal, from full condition before breaking.

Modifications

 * Plasma Defender scope - Adds a scope for increased zoom.
 * Plasma defender sheath stabilizer - Decreases spread by 0.2.
 * Plasma Defender high-capacity terminal - Increases ammunition capacity by 32 rounds.

Variants

 * Arcade Gannon's Plasma Defender, a unique non-playable companion variant which only differs from the standard pistol in its use of companion ammunition.
 * Plasma Defender, the common variant found in the Mojave Wasteland.

Locations

 * Silver Rush, sold by Gloria Van Graff.
 * Hidden Valley bunker, sold by Knight Torres.
 * Novac, sold by Cliff Briscoe.
 * Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron.
 * Various merchants around the Mojave Wasteland.