Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Broken Steel)

The  is a weapon which is added to Fallout 3 with the Broken Steel add-on. It is carried by Super Mutant Overlords.

Characteristics
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is a ranged laser rifle shotgun with a possible knockback effect.

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 black-green, darker tone than the standard laser rifle. Unlike other laser rifles, each shot depletes 3 rounds of the weapon's ammunition, the Microfusion Cell.

Appearances
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Broken Steel.

Tri-Beam Laser Rifle vs. Metal Blaster

 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle has a longer effective range
 * 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 Will do more damage with a VATS sneak attack (only one critical bonus allowed per VATS attack)
 * The Tri-Beam 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 Metal Blaster uses only 1/3 of the ammunition used by the Tri-Beam
 * The Metal Blaster is far easier to repair than the Tri-Beam