Chinese Officer's Sword (Fallout 3)

The Chinese officer's sword is a melee weapon found in Fallout 3, and makes a cameo appearance in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
These weapons are remnants from the United States' war with China, an event that triggered the Great War. They were most likely brought back by American soldiers fighting in various campaigns in mainland China, or were brought by Chinese infiltrators and saboteurs like the ones at Mama Dolce's and elsewhere throughout the United States.

With its high durability and fast attack speed, the Chinese officer's sword is an excellent weapon outside of V.A.T.S., whereas swings in V.A.T.S. use 28 AP.

Durability
The Chinese officer's sword can successfully strike about 1000 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Vampire's Edge - The weakest of the Chinese officer's sword variants, Vampire's Edge weighs only one pound, and is the only variant to use the regular sword's skin.
 * Jingwei's Shocksword - An electrified version of the Chinese officer's sword, the shock sword is much stronger and deals electrical damage over time.
 * Sim version - A version of the weapon which appears only within the Anchorage simulation. Unlike other sim-specific weapons, this version has a higher base and critical damage than its normal counterpart, and also causes disintegration for non-player characters killed by a critical hit similar to Jingwei's Shocksword. This weapon is only carried by non-player characters within the Anchorage simulation and cannot be obtained through normal means.
 * Samurai's sword - An ancient weapon from Japan that deals an extra helping of damage on critical hits, and is much more durable than the standard sword.


 * Clover's cleaver - A Chinese officer's sword that was cut from the base game. It was intended to be used by Clover and was to be the Evil follower unique weapon, much like Fawkes' super sledge and Butch's Toothpick were for the other Karma levels.
 * Katana - A variant of the samurai's sword that deals much less critical damage, but knocks foes down with critical hits.

The following table compares the Chinese officer's sword and its unique variants.

Locations
Chinese officers' swords may be found in the following locations:
 * Megaton, in Jericho's house, stabbed into a teddy bear.
 * Republic of Dave, in the Museum of Dave, most likely a relic from Dave's traveling days.
 * On a dead Chinese commando, located at the origin point of the Chinese radio beacon, as a result of a random encounter.
 * The Chinese captain at Mama Dolce's is another holder of this sword.
 * Can be found on several insane inhabitants of Vault 106 who all use melee weapons.
 * Random raiders all throughout the game may carry one, and they will appear more often when the player is at a lower level.
 * There's one in Abraham Washington's museum in Rivet City, behind a rubble pile near some lockers.
 * Crimson at Paradise Falls carries one.

Behind the scenes

 * Its design is that of a traditional Chinese straight sword (剑; "jian").

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