Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Fallout: New Vegas)

The tri-beam laser rifle is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The tri-beam laser rifle has the appearance of a "sawed-off" laser rifle, missing the tube on the bottom length of the barrel, being rather shorter than other models, and having a new emitter aperture and attached wires. The new emitter fires three laser beams with each shot. It is the main weapon of the New Vegas Brotherhood of Steel. It also uses 3 microfusion cells when fired. This weapon also degrades very quickly and is very expensive to repair. With the Jury Rigging perk it can be repaired by normal laser rifles. The weapon is unable to be modded.

Due to a leftover on-hit effect from Fallout 3, the tri-beam laser rifle does an enormous amount of damage upon hitting the player. 40 additional damage is done per beam, adding up to a whopping 120 plus whatever damage may have been dealt by the weapon itself.

Due to the fact that it fires 3 beams at once, it can score a critical hit for each beam outside of V.A.T.S. This effect allows it to sometimes, (with a critical hit for each beam) hit a huge amount of damage (165) per shot. Depending on your perks and Luck, this weapon can be a good choice just for its 3 beam shot.

Locations

 * Given by Knight Torres in Hidden Valley bunker after helping her find a missing laser pistol. (The tri-beam laser rifle given by Knight may be bugged. Be careful.)
 * Several Brotherhood of Steel members carry this weapon.
 * One can be found on the counter at the Silver Rush in poor condition.
 * In the area where you get the alien blaster, 2 of the 3 aliens are equipped with this weapon. (Requires "Wild Wasteland" trait, otherwise it will be some mercenaries instead of aliens.)
 * There is also one at Deathclaw Promontory
 * One can be found in the Followers Safehouse in very poor condition.
 * Another may be carried depending upon your level with the execution squad in I Could Make You Care.
 * One may be found in Brewer's Beer bootlegging in a hard locker downstairs (the 2 weapons generated in the locker are random)
 * Farther in the game, when you find Great Khans in the Mojave Wasteland they will sometimes carry the Tri-beam laser rifle.