Tesla Cannon (Fallout 3)

The Tesla Cannon is a weapon that fires extremely powerful blasts of electricity, capable of knocking aircraft out of the sky with one shot, balanced by a long reload time. It vaporizes enemies in a puff of smoke on contact. It is powered by Electron Charge Packs.

The quest line of Broken Steel includes having to find the parts for this weapon in order to help the Brotherhood of Steel build it.

Appearances
The Tesla Cannon was added to Fallout 3 with the release of the Broken Steel downloadable content pack in May 2009.

The Tesla Cannon was also to be featured in the canceled Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2, bearing a striking resemblance to the weapon in Broken Steel. Described as a "high-powered mass-cannon throwing tessellated plasma forward in an orgy of death and destruction" in the FO:BOS2 design document, it was to be the so-called "uber-weapon" of player character Maxus. "Uber-weapons" were to be unique weapons for each PC which had to be assembled from 5 parts over the course of the game. One of the five parts for this weapon was a Tesla Coil.

The Tesla cannon's beam has an odd resemblance to the lasers Liberty Prime shoots.

Location
The Tesla Cannon can first be acquired upon arrival at Adams Air Force Base. There will be a resupply crate directly to your left near the wall upon exiting the Presidential Metro.

Two more Tesla Cannons can be found in the Citadel Lab after the finishing the quest Who Dares Wins, on a table in front of Liberty Prime's docking bay.

Upon returning to Adams Air Force Base after Who Dares Wins, you can acquire two more Tesla Cannons, one in perfect condition, and the other in poor condition, in a resupply crate in a military truck before reaching the airstrip.

If you fast travel to the Airfield Control Tower, and turn around, you'll see two or three large, yellow crates with two Brotherhood of Steel members. Just next to the ramp leading to them is a resupply crate. It contains two more Tesla Cannons; one in perfect condition, and the other in poor condition. This player encountered the crate after destroying the Enclave Mobile Platform. If you destroy the Citadel two, both poor condition, can be found in the previously accessible Citadel armoury the door of which is at the bottom of the crater in the Citadel.

That makes for a total of 7 in the game, assuming you destroyed the Mobile Platform.

Glitches

 * If you kill an enemy with the splash damage effect alone, you may not earn exp for the kill, but you can use this to your advantage. If a good character is killed by the shock damage after effects it will result in no karma loss or hostility from nearby NPC's. (Xbox 360)


 * Sometimes during use in the Adams Air Force Base, V.A.T.S. may not center the target in the middle of screen. (Xbox 360)

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