Metal Blaster

The Metal Blaster is a unique AER9 Laser Rifle added to Fallout 3 with the add-on The Pitt.

Location
It can be obtained in The Pitt by bringing Everett 50 Steel Ingots.

Characteristics

 * It is repaired with the standard AER9 Laser Rifle or the Wazer Wifle.
 * It deals considerably more damage than the normal AER9 Laser Rifle, and fires nine beams at once (making it a "laser shotgun"), though only using one Microfusion Cell. This is similar to the Protectron's Gaze obtained from The Mechanist at Canterbury Commons, which may be rewarded during from The Superhuman Gambit quest.
 * It lacks the precision of a standard laser rifle, making it less effective for long-range attacks.

Comparison to the Tri-Beam Laser Rifle

 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle has a longer effective range.


 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle will do more damage with a VATS sneak attack (only one critical bonus allowed per VATS attack).
 * The Metal Blaster will deal greater damage in a non-VATS sneak attack (one critical bonus per beam allowed in free-aim).


 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle will generally do more damage for a player with a low critical chance.
 * The Metal Blaster will generally do more damage for a player with a high critical chance.


 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle uses three Microfusion Cells.
 * The Metal Blaster uses only one cell per discharge.


 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is repairable only with other Tri-Beam Laser Rifles.
 * The Metal Blaster can be repaired with any AER9 Laser Rifles or the Wazer Wifle.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle degrades three times as fast as the Metal Blaster (since if fires three shots at a time)

History
Everett explains that it was created by a man from The Pitt using parts he found lying around the The Mill, including a series of prisms that split the beam. Everett came into possession of the rifle by looting the man's corpse in The Mill.

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