Red Glare

The Red Glare is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Lonesome Road.

Background
A prototype rocket launcher developed in the Hopeville Missile Base sometime before the Great War, the Red Glare feeds from a 13 round "rocket canister" and is fully automatic, capable of emptying its magazine in a matter of seconds. It is fitted with a scope that makes it an effective weapon at mid to long range.

Characteristics
The standard rockets have a splash radius of 500 units, or about 7.8 yards. The Red Glare has a default scope of x2.86 magnification. The Far Sighting modification increases this to x4.35--the highest magnification in the game.

The Red Glare's rockets have a speed of 5550, or about 86 yards per second, or about 177 miles per hour--over three and a half times as fast as a standard missile, and slightly faster than a high-velocity missile. The Alpha Strike modification triples this speed.

Modifications

 * Red Glare alpha strike - +200% rocket speed
 * Red Glare auto launcher - +25% fire rate
 * Red Glare far sighting - Increase zoom to x4.35.

Locations

 * On the body of a Marked men hunter in the Marked Men Camp.
 * On the top floor of the Marked Men Camp building, behind the hunter carrying one and across from the Laser detonator.
 * In the footlocker left for the Courier by Ulysses after finishing Lonesome Road.

Behind the Scenes

 * The weapons name is a reference to the national anthem of the United States of America The Star Spangled Banner. Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, the name Red Glare is taken from the anthem "And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air"


 * The capacity of the weapon is also patriotic in that the 13 rockets represent the original 13 colonies of the United States. Also, by the Time of the Great War, the United States was reimbursed into 13 commonwealths, as well.

Gallery
Red Glare