Firelance

Firelance is a unique Alien Blaster and is one of the most powerful weapons in the game. It uses Alien Power Cells, unique ammunition that is extremely hard to find. It is spawned by a random encounter. For information on tips to possibly trigger the event, please refer to the discussion page of this article.

Locations

 * The location of the "Firelance Event" is random. Several example locations are listed on the discussion page of this article.
 * There are several defined random encounter spots where the Firelance Event may take place, but they are also sites where many other kinds of random encounters might occur.

Appearances
The Firelance appears only in Fallout 3.

Bugs

 * It is possible that the spacecraft can glitch and leave 24 Power Cells and a Firelance stuck in the sky in addition to the regular 24 Power Cells and a Firelance on the ground (confirmed 360).
 * If the event occurs while passing trough a rocky part of the Wasteland, the Firelance may drop onto rocks and not be retrievable by Dogmeat, as he often gets stuck in them (the same with ammo).

Behind the scenes

 * The Firelance is a reference to an identically named Martian weapon appearing in the Wasteland paragraph book, in the red herring Mars plot.
 * Both the Firelance and the Alien Blaster resemble Commander Adams' pistol from the 1958 movie the Forbidden Planet, both in design and firing. The "bullets" disperse in a very similar way when they hit solid objects, such as walls.

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