Sonic Emitter (weapon)

The sonic emitter is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Characteristics
Being grey in color and having four blue vacuum tubes as well as a blue oscilloscope on the rear, it fires a ring of blue energy towards its targets. It is said to have the ability to disable shields, unlock new areas and has the merit of being upgradeable and is given to you fairly early in the game. It somewhat resembles a few guns, first being the pulse gun found in Vault 34, the Euclid's C-Finder found in Freeside and the Recharger pistol.

While exploring the Big Empty, the Courier may discover holotapes which contain miscellaneous sound files. These may be uploaded to Blind Diode Jefferson, the Jukebox. When uploaded, the color of the projectile fired and the color of the oscilloscope changes, and the sounds made when the Emitter is shot changes as is made to sound like the name of the file. Finally, the different sound files will cause the critical hit effects to change.

Locations

 * Given to you by Dr. Klein upon arrival to the Big Empty.
 * Another may be purchased through the Sink Central Intelligence Unit in the Sink.

Variants

 * Sonic Emitter - Revelation- Has bonus damage against robots and enemies wearing power armor as well as having a unique "critical strike paralysis"
 * Sonic Emitter - Tarantula- Critical strikes do incendiary damage.
 * Sonic Emitter - Opera Singer- Has EMP Bonus Damage vs. Robots/Power Armor, and criticals will cause dismemberment, HP -20.
 * Sonic Emitter - Gabriel's Bark- Increases attack power, and knocks opponents back with critical hits.
 * Sonic Emitter - Robo-Scorpion- Produces an explosion on a critical strike.