Jack (weapon)

Jack is a unique variant of the uncommon melee weapon, the Ripper. It is equal in power per single hit to its cousin, but has a higher potential damage rate, due to its slight, but noticeable boost to the critical hit rate. It also exhibits an amazing benefit in combat against limbs, doing an extra 50% damage against them.

Characteristics

 * The higher critical chance increases the power of this weapon enormously because it hits over 30 times per second. The listed weapon damage is divided over the individual hits, but the critical bonus damage is not. This means every hit has a normal chance to critical and do the full critical bonus damage. With Better Criticals and Ninja this is quite possibly the strongest melee weapon in the game in real-time combat, possibly replacing the Shishkebab of the title.
 * This weapon does an additional 50% limb damage. Due to the extra limb damage, it will cripple nearly any limb hit on contact. This can make fights against NPC's and Super Mutants very easy, due to them not attacking you because they are too busy grabbing the body part that has been crippled.
 * Sneak attack criticals are devastating with this weapon, especially while in V.A.T.S..
 * This weapon is highly effective against Deathclaws and typically kills within 3-7 seconds depending on where you hit them with it. Jack is also probably the fastest way to kill Super Mutant Overlords (not counting the Fat Man of course) when used with the Chinese Stealth Suit, Silent Running and a high sneak skill or just after you did a Paralyzing Palm.
 * With a high critical chance and the Better Criticals perk, even super mutant overlords fall within 5 seconds of being subjected to the torture of this weapon.
 * When you disable a robot with the Robotics Expert perk and use this weapon in sneak, a Sentry Bot is destroyed in an amazing half second! Incredibly powerful indeed.
 * Wtih 10 Luck, Finesse, Ninja, Better Criticals, and Snide Survival Guru, Jack has an average DPS of 252.75.

Appearances
Jack appears in Fallout 3. It can be found in the Deathclaw Sanctuary, on the body of an Enclave Officer.

The Enclave Officer and Jack only appear in the Sanctuary after the Enclave show up during The Waters of Life Quest.

Behind the scenes

 * This weapon's name is a reference to Jack the Ripper, one of the most infamous serial killers in history.
 * The Enclave officer carrying Jack is another reference to Jack the Ripper where many theories claimed that Jack was actually a woman.

Bugs
Holstering Jack (and probably a regular Ripper, but that remains untested by this author) while you are using the Chinese Stealth Armor or a Stealth Boy and sneaking will cause it to disappear mid-animation.

When holding R1 on the PS3 version, the weapon acts as if you're tapping R1.(Unconfirmed on PS3)

On certain occasions the Enclave Officer will not appear in Deathclaw Sanctuary, if this happens leave and come back another time.(Confirmed on PS3)

While holding R1 on the PS3 version, the ripper will stop making the chainsaw noise while held against a solid object. (eg. wall)

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