

Tesla-Beaton prototype, a unique variant of the Tesla cannon found in the wreckage of an Enclave Vertibird.The Tesla cannon is rare, especially so if players kill off the Van Graffs, thereby eliminating one of the only specialty energy weapon vendors in the game. The sound of the Tesla cannon firing has also been changed from the one in Broken Steel. This weapon has a high Strength requirement for its weight and the fact that it's a recoilless energy weapon.

The Tesla cannon is a shoulder-mounted energy weapon that is powered by electron charge packs. This explosive damage makes the Lyon's model far more suitable for anti- Vertibird use. Discharging a large electrical impulse upon impact with a much larger area of effect. The modified Tesla canon employed by Lyons' Brotherhood of Steel is far more powerful than the pre-war Tesla canon.

To do so, the Lone Wanderer was tasked with retrieving a PPE Tesla Coil from Olney Powerworks, an experimental piece of pre-war technology. Near the end of the war between the Brotherhood and the Enclave in the Capital Wasteland, the Brotherhood's scribes under the Order of the Sword worked to build their own Tesla Canons to more effectively counter the enclave's VB-02 Vertibird fleet. However, it remains a powerful tool in the hands of a skilled user, as the focused energy blast will not only deliver massive damage to the target, but the nature of the blast will also deliver a potent electric shock. Based on Nikola Tesla's designs, the weapon entered limited production before the war and remains a rare sight in the wasteland. The Tesla cannon is a pre-War designed shoulder-mounted heavy directed energy weapon, designed to replace conventional anti-tank weapons. The following section is transcluded from Tesla cannon.
