Tesla armor (Fallout 3)

The Tesla armor is a type of power armor deployed by the Enclave in the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

Characteristics
Tesla armor has Tesla coils on the shoulder pads and some lights running down the legs. It looks a bit bulkier than other armors. Although the armor does not provide the same level of radiation resistance as other armors, it makes the operation of energy weapons by the wearer easier, boosting the Energy Weapons skill of the operator by 10. The helmet also offers some radiation resistance, but lowers Charisma by 1. Enclave soldiers using this armor tend to use rarer, more powerful energy weapons such as plasma rifles.

The only way to get it (and spare suits for repairs) is usually by fighting Enclave soldiers and is in rather poor condition when acquired. Despite this drawback, the armor is still one of the best you can find by the end of the game, bested only by the T-51b and the Enclave Hellfire armor, which have superior damage resistance and radiation resistance.

Tesla armor can be given to Protector Casdin at Fort Independence for 5.56mm rounds, frag grenades, RadAway or stimpaks as part of the unmarked quest, The Outcast Collection Agent.

Locations

 * Tesla armor is found exclusively on Enclave soldiers. At least one soldier in an Enclave detachment usually wears a suit of Tesla armor.

Bugs

 * If a fully repaired suit of Tesla armor is equipped and another suit (not necessarily at 100% condition) is in the player's inventory, the equipped suit will not degrade no matter how many times the player is hit. The unequipped armor will take the damage instead.