Colonel Autumn's Laser Pistol (Fallout 3)

Colonel Autumn's Laser Pistol is a specially modified AEP7 Laser Pistol found on the Enclave Leader, Colonel Autumn.

Location
It is found on Colonel Autumn in the Jefferson Memorial Rotunda during the final quest.

Characteristics

 * The weapon bears resemblance to the standard laser pistol. It is fully automatic, has a 30 round magazine, powered by easy to find energy cells, uses very few action points, and is repaired with the common AEP7 Laser Pistol.


 * Colonel Autumn's Laser pistol is a modified, fully automatic version of the standard pistol. Its rate of fire is comparable to the Gatling laser but a little slower.


 * The laser pistol does 75 damage, a drastic increase over the normal AEP7 Laser Pistol, while using the same Energy Cell ammo as a standard pistol. This version says it has a weight of 2 in the Pip-boy but really has no weight, compared to the standard version's 3. This unique pistol is considered a Quest Item; similar to Donovan's Wrench, which is most likely why it is weightless and cannot be dropped.

How to get it

 * It is possible to get this pistol and use it in the wastes. You must be a little careful to leave the Take it Back! quest in the correct state, otherwise you will not be able to leave the Rotunda with the weapon.


 * It is only found on Colonel Autumn, as such, unless you cheat to get it, the only way to get it on the console versions, is to glitch up a rock and get through a tiny opening in the barrier and kill him prematurely (after speaking to Elder Lyons and before launching the assault) and leave. It is possible to jump between a gap in the laser fence and the high scaffolding like bridge. [See video below on where to jump the fence.] Sometimes Colonel Autumn will drop his pistol after being killed. You can also shoot his arm (or the weapon), causing him to drop the laser pistol, using V.A.T.S and take it and leave without killing him.  Easiest when done with a Stealth Boy; wait until he goes back to the same spot he was in when you entered the room before leaving.


 * Important note: If you kill Colonel Autumn, when you return with Sarah Lyons, he will still be dead and you will have to start firing on the enclave soldiers in order to start the last part of the game.


 * TO OBTAIN WEAPON WITHOUT KILLING COL. AUTUMN: Use a stealth boy to enter the Jefferson Memorial. Make sure you have at least 3 on you. Creep all the way into the Rotunda, making sure to stay hidden. Enter the Rotunda. Make sure your stealth boy is still working. Use any weapon and in the V.A.T.S. fire at the Colonel's laser. It will drop to the ground. Here's the tricky part. Pick up the weapon and find a column close to the Colonel's original position where you can hide. He will fire with an Assault rifle. Make sure you remain in stealth boy mode - refresh if needed. The "danger" will remain, as long as you are not in a shadow, then it will change to "caution" and eventually back to "hidden". Once "hidden", keep an eye on the Colonel and make sure he resumes his initial position.


 * Colonel Autumn is only in the Rotunda after you have started the Take it Back! quest. You must take the option to prepare for battle when speaking to Sarah Lyons, thus leaving her in a waiting state and not causing her to order the launch of Liberty Prime and begin the assault. You can then go to the Jefferson Memorial and find the Colonel (if you go before this, he will not be there).  If you go after the assault on the Memorial, the doors lock behind you and you can not leave thus making it so you have to end the game and you do not get to use the pistol elsewhere.  If you get it early, then you are able to have his clothing and his pistol for use out in the wastes.


 * It may be possible to get this weapon when the new DLC pack Broken Steel comes out, as it expands the story line of the game.


 * Strangely enough, when you glitch past the force fields on the 360 and PS3 versions, you (may) find an Enclave officer who is marked red for hostile, but will not attack (or they may all be marked as friendly outside). You can talk to him. As well as several Enclave soldiers near by, dialogue is limited though and you're only given option is to say goodbye to them. However those inside the building will attack on sight.


 * It is important to NOT talk to Autumn or else the last part of the quest will be triggered and you cannot leave the memorial


 * [SPOILERS!!!11!elevenn!!] There is a way to get it during the quest "The Waters of Life". Alright, when you are fixing the pipe, Enclave will invade the memorial. Follow the pipes exit out into the basement. Now, go upstairs into the Rotunda. Doctor Li will be standing outside of the airlock looking at your dad talking with the Enclave. The Enclave will kill a girl and then your dad will "give-up". He instead starts an explosion and it releases radiation. If you look closely, you can see Autumns injecting some Enclave Rad-x. He should fall to the ground. This is where you can get it. I am on the PS3 so I am not sure how this would work with the X-box 360 and PC. Look at Autumns "supposedly" dead body. When I say this, I mean directly go up right next to the airlock and look at him. Hold L2 (or xbox and pc equivalent to go to third person mode.) Hold it, and you can now move the direction you are looking at yourself in third person. Move the joystick (or arrows for pc I think) so your looking at your face in third person. Look at the actions it say you can do, if you do it right, it will say "Loot Autumns" (or w/e.) you can loot him for everything including his special laser-pistol.

YouTube Videos
Obtaining Colonel Autumn's Laser Pistol, Getting past the forcefield barrier (OPTION 2) FjlYQug9Xp8 EpSF_bwOCaA

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