Metal Blaster

The Metal Blaster is a unique AER9 Laser Rifle added to Fallout 3 with the add-on The Pitt.

Location
It can be obtained in The Pitt by bringing Everett 50 Steel Ingots.

Characteristics

 * It is repaired with the standard AER9 Laser Rifle or the Wazer Wifle.
 * It deals considerably more damage than the normal AER9 Laser Rifle, and fires nine beams at once (making it a "laser shotgun"), though only using one Microfusion Cell. This is similar to the Protectron's Gaze obtained from The Mechanist at Canterbury Commons as a possible reward from The Superhuman Gambit quest.
 * It lacks the precision of a standard laser rifle, making it less effective for long-range attacks.

Comparison to the Tri-Beam Laser Rifle

 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle has a longer effective range.
 * The Metal Blaster will deal greater damage in a non-VATS sneak attack (one critical bonus per beam allowed in free-aim).
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle will do more damage with a VATS sneak attack (only one critical bonus allowed per VATS attack).
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle will generally do more damage for a player with a low critical chance
 * The Metal Blaster will generally do more damage for a player with a high critical chance.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle uses three Microfusion Cells.
 * The Metal Blaster uses only one cell per attack.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is repairable only with other Tri-Beam Laser Rifles.
 * The Metal Blaster can be repaired with plain AER9 Laser Rifles or the Wazer Wifle.

History
Everett explains that it was created by a man from The Pitt using parts he found lying around the The Mill, including a series of prisms that split the beam. Everett came into possession of the rifle by looting the man's corpse in The Mill.

Videos
thumb|300px|left|Obtaining the Metal Blaster