Colonel Autumn's Laser Pistol (Fallout 3)

Colonel Autumn's Laser Pistol is a specially modified 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 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.


 * The laser pistol does 75 damage, a drastic increase over the normal 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. Sometimes Colonel Autumn will drop his pistol after being killed. You can also shoot his arm, causing him to drop the laser pistol, using V.A.T.S and take it and leave without killing him.


 * 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 a weapon, I used Sydney's SMG and in the V.A.T.S. fire 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". Note: in my attempt, my stealth boy ran out while I was in "caution" and then I quickly used a stealth boy and that is when it changed to "hidden". Maybe this is the trick. **[Note: every time you use a Stealth Boy, the enemy's status will turn to Hidden, that's how it happened to whoever originally posted this method]**. Once "hidden", keep an eye on the Colonel and make sure he resumes his initial position. After I obtained Colonel Autumn's laser, I saved and reversed pick pocketed to get his coat.


 * 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.

NOTE: If you pickpocket the ammo after glitching in, leave the room, and go back in he will have un-equiped the pistol, allowing you to pickpocket it.
 * 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.


 * 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 version, you will find an Enclave officer who is marked red for hostile, but will not attack. You can even talk to him. The same applies for several Enclave soldiers near by, dialogue is limited though and your only given option is to say goodbye to them. However those inside the building will attack on sight.

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

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