Plasma Caster (Fallout: New Vegas)

The plasma caster or the Winchester P94 plasma rifle is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
It is one of the strongest energy weapons in the game, and one of the strongest plasma weapons overall, having a rather low AP cost and high rate of fire. Its precision in V.A.T.S. suffers if a character cannot meet the steep Energy Weapons skill requirement (100) and at 20 pounds it is the heaviest energy weapon in the game. It's rare and not very durable, so the Jury Rigging perk or weapon repair kits may be necessary for continuous use of this weapon. Note: with the Jury Rigging perk, it can be repaired with Gatling lasers, flamers, heavy incinerators, and incinerators.

Modifications

 * Plasma caster HS electrode - Increase the rate of fire of the plasma caster by 25%.

Locations
The plasma caster can be found on a table within the Silver Rush energy weapons shop which is found in Freeside. Plasma casters are sold exclusively at the Silver Rush. The plasma casters that are on display at the Silver Rush are in very poor condition, but the ones that are bought are not. This weapon may be unique if you kill the Van Graffs.

Orion Moreno sometimes uses it in the Second Battle of Hoover Dam if you did the side quest For Auld Lang Syne.

Behind the scenes
While the original idea to include the P94 in New Vegas came from J.E. Sawyer, Paul Fish was responsible for modelling and texturing it.

Bugs

 * The weapon fails to fire a projectile properly when used in third-person view. After equipping it when in third-person view it may not work even when switching to first-person view. Re-equipping it while in first-person view may solve this. (Unconfirmed)
 * When using the weapon in V.A.T.S. the projectile will often not fire unless very close to the target, and if standing under a roof the projectile may collide with the structure.