Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Broken Steel)

The  is a weapon which is added to Fallout 3 with the Broken Steel downloadable content pack. It is carried by Super Mutant Overlords. This weapon appeared in a sneak preview of Broken Steel on X-Play, on April 22nd, 2009.

Characteristics
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is an extremely powerful ranged laser rifle with a shotgun effect, similar to the Metal Blaster, with a possible knockback effect. It could be considered a more accurate version of the Metal Blaster. Unlike the Metal Blaster however, each shot depletes 3 rounds of ammunition, allowing for 8 shots before the MF Cell is emptied.

The weapon has the appearance of a "sawed-off" laser rifle, missing the tube on the bottom length of the barrel and having a new emitter aperture and attached wires. It also has a darker, black-green tone than the standard laser rifle.

note that this weapon cannot simply be repaired with normal laser rifles, it can only be repaired with another Tri-Beam laser