Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Fallout: New Vegas)

The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The Tri-beam laser rifle has the appearance of a "sawed-off" laser rifle, missing the tube on the bottom length of the barrel and having a new emitter aperture and attached wires. The new emitter fires three laser beams with each shot. It is the main weapon of the New Vegas Brotherhood of Steel. It also uses 3 Microfusion Cells when fired. This weapon also degrades very quickly and is very expensive to repair so fire with discretion. With the Jury Rigging perk it can be repaired by normal Laser Rifles. The weapon is not moddable.

Due to a leftover on-hit effect from Fallout 3, the tri-beam laser rifle does an enormous amount of damage upon hitting the player. 40 additional damage is done per beam, adding up to a whopping 120 plus whatever damage may have been dealt by the weapon itself. Keep this in mind when judging the weapon's effectiveness; while it may have seemed to be an absolute monster in the hands of a fallen opponent, it may not be the case in your own. It is unknown if this on-hit effect was intentionally left on the weapon or simply overlooked.

Locations

 * Given by Knight Torres in Hidden Valley bunker after helping her find a missing laser pistol.
 * There is also one on the counter at the Silver Rush. A Stealth Boy will get you everything there and on the shelves.
 * In the area where you get the Alien Blaster, 2 of the 3 Aliens are equipped with this weapon. (Requires "Wild Wasteland" trait) otherwise it will be some mercenaries instead of Aliens.
 * Another one can be obtained inside Brewer's Beer Bootlegging.