Gehenna (GRA)

Gehenna is a unique weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.

Characteristics
Gehenna is the GRA variant of the Shishkebab, a flaming melee weapon which sets the target on fire upon impact. It appears to run on fuel from the gas tank on the player's back, though its use in-game requires no fuel source.

In comparison to the standard Shishkebab, Gehenna has a more pronounced and brighter flame, its valve is blue instead of the standard red, its handle is black, and the motorcycle gas tank is more rusted. In addition, Gehenna inflicts greater damage, has a higher DPS, and uses fewer Action Points in V.A.T.S. than the Shishkebab.

Special attack
Gehenna has a special attack called Back Slash that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 3 fewer action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).

It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.

Durability
Gehenna can successfully strike about 1995 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Shishkebab - the common variant found in the Mojave Wasteland.

Location

 * Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron.

Behind the scenes

 * Gehenna is a valley located outside ancient Jerusalem, and was a place where various pagans sacrificed humans by throwing them in fire, and later, as Jerusalem and Judaism developed, waste would be burned there. Due to the increasing population, and thus waste, the fire was said to burn continually, and Jesus, and later Dante Alighieri, used this to produce an image of Hell, which is now the most widespread representation: a place where evil people go to burn for eternity.
 * Gehenna is Aramaic for “Valley of the people of Hinnom," which is the proper name of the valley of blood, whose name later became synonymous with, and often translated as, hell.

Bugs

 * Sometimes when you switch between the 3rd person view and the 1st person view, the flames don't appear. Removing and re-equipping the weapon fixes this problem.
 * When used by companions, the blade and tank will not appear. Only the oven mitt on the right hand will appear.