Tesla armor

Tesla Armor is an armor appearing in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout Tactics and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.

Background
Unlike the metal armor it strongly resembles, this armour is an actual pre-War military design, constructed from plans left behind by Nikola Tesla, confiscated by the US government after his death. It is designed to protect the wearer against energy attacks - three Tesla Attraction Coils disperse a large percent of directed attacks. However, since its protection against conventional firearms is comparable to the post-war metal armor, its popularity was limited, although some suits made their way to National Guard depots and from there to the wastes.

The shine makes it look good too.

After the Great War, the Enclave created a powered armor suit with Tesla coil rods - the Tesla Power Armor.

Fallout and Fallout 2
Locations:
 * Fallout: 3rd floor of the Cathedral
 * Fallout 2: stores in San Francisco

Fallout Tactics
Modifiers: -20% Sneak

Fallout d20
The cancelled Fallout d20 included an illustration depicting an advertisement for the Tesla Armor. Even though it is supposed to be a pre-war ad, the armor has a Brotherhood of Steel logo on the chest.