Old Glory

Old Glory is a unique weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.

Characteristics
Old Glory is the weapon carried by Ulysses. It is a flag pole with an eagle affixed to the top. Ulysses wields a non-playable version of Old Glory. The weapon has higher damage, but lower critical damage and a critical multiplier of 1. It also has a 10% chance of knocking enemies down (unless they have Stonewall). The weapon scales to the player character's level, gaining extra damage and critical damage at levels 25, 35, and 45.

Special attack
It has a special Grand Slam attack that does 200% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 13 more action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).

It is possible to execute Grand Slam 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. A critically hitting Grand Slam does the most damage of any melee attack in the game, and a Grand Slam sneak attack can kill any enemy in a single hit with the right perks, except for the X-42 giant robo-scorpion and Gojira.

Durability
Old Glory can successfully strike about 1245 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Pool cue - a common pocket billiards cue stick.

Locations

 * Old Glory can be found on the body of Ulysses, if one chooses to fight him.
 * It appears in Ulysses' footlocker upon the completion of Lonesome Road.

Behind the scenes
The name "Old Glory" is a nickname of the flag of the United States.