Plasma Defender (GRA)

The Plasma Defender (GRA) is an energy weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.

Characteristics
The Plasma Defender (GRA) is a powerful energy-based pistol which fires superheated bolts of green plasma. It is able to punch through most creatures and low-level types of armor with ease.

Specially constructed by the Gun Runners, the Plasma Defender (GRA) is nearly identical to the Plasma Defender in both textures and stats, the main difference being this variant can accept weapon modifications.

Durability
The plasma defender (GRA) can fire a total of about 495 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 31 reloads, or 16 reloads when modified with the hi-capacity terminal, from full condition before breaking.

Modifications

 * Plasma Defender scope - adds a scope for increased zoom.
 * Plasma Defender sheath stabilizer - decreases spread by 0.2.
 * Plasma Defender high-capacity terminal - increases ammunition capacity by 32 rounds.

Variants

 * Arcade Gannon's Plasma Defender, a unique non-playable variant which it only differs from the standard pistol only in its use of companion ammunition.
 * Plasma Defender, the common variant found in the Mojave Wasteland.

Locations

 * Silver Rush, sold by Gloria Van Graff.
 * Hidden Valley, sold by Torres.
 * Novac, sold by Cliff Briscoe.
 * Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron.
 * Various merchants around the Mojave Wasteland.

Bugs

 * When firing towards targets in VATS mode and killing them within VATS, you may exit out seeing your Plasma Defender positioned in front of you as if aiming down the sights, despite clearly not aiming, this can be fixed by pressing down the aiming trigger again or firing a round to resume normal view.