Institute laser

The Institute laser gun is a weapon in Fallout 4. Variants include the Institute pistol and the Institute rifle.

Background
The Institute laser is a weapon system developed by the Institute following their isolation after the Great War. All synths serving as soldiers, workers or coursers, as well as Human scientists in the organization, receive a pistol or rifle of the organization's own design, engineered by Advanced Systems and mass-produced in a factory located within their headquarters. This is unlike the Institute's primary rival the Brotherhood of Steel, who use pre-War military laser weapons.

Gameplay
The Institute laser is a bulky package with low damage, but it has a high DPS output. Compared to similarly equipped laser guns, Institute lasers offer a superior rate of fire at the cost of per-shot damage, which leads to it having the lowest damage-per-shot of all weapons that use fusion cells. The laser guns are lightweight and made of plastic. Its beam, when fired, appears blue instead of red. If one chooses to scrap a standard version of this item they will receive four rolls of plastic.

Institute weapons take up a large amount of the screen in the first-person view, which may obstruct vision of one's surroundings.

Variants

 * Virgil's rifle, a unique Institute laser rifle, carried by Brian Virgil.

Locations

 * Carried by coursers and synths.
 * Many can be found and taken in SRB and Advanced Systems sections of the Institute after completing Institutionalized.