Laser Rifle (Fallout: New Vegas)

The AER9 laser rifle is an energy weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Gameplay
The laser rifle has no iron sights but compensates with excellent zoom. It can be upgraded with a scope, making it less effective in close quarters, but thanks to its good accuracy, it can be used as a medium to long-range weapon. The laser rifle makes a decent starting weapon, but with all mods and more powerful ammo types, it is extremely powerful, even at high levels.

Durability
The laser rifle can fire a total of about 620 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 26 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Modifications

 * Laser rifle focus optics - Adds +3 damage
 * Laser rifle scope - Adds a long range scope with 3.5x magnification
 * Laser rifle beam splitter - Splits each shot into two beams, with greater total power than a single beam

Variants

 * Van Graff laser rifle - A special version of laser rifle given by the Van Graffs during the quest Birds of a Feather.
 * AER14 prototype - The unique version of the laser rifle in Fallout: New Vegas.

Locations

 * Fiends often carry them.
 * Can be found on Bright Brotherhood corpses in and around the REPCONN test site.
 * Hidden Valley Bunker - Torres may sell laser rifles.
 * Found on the dead Brotherhood patrols during the Still in the Dark quest.
 * Can also be found on the three Brotherhood scouts.
 * Nipton - Another can be found lying beside a dead wastelander in the Good Luck trailer park.
 * Nipton house - One can be found inside in the bathtub of one of the houses.
 * Silver Rush - Gloria may sell laser rifles, and numerous laser rifles can be stolen from around the store.
 * They can often be purchased from Quartermaster Bardon.
 * One can be found in a hotel room in Primm.
 * Can be found on Y-17 trauma override harnesses at lower levels.