Forum:Please confirmation for random encounter alien blaster + ammo

Fallout 3 - with no addons

I believe the alien blaster and amunitions can be found in random encounters through the wastelands.

The first time I got that weapon was on a random encounter some years ago, that time i was able to luckly save the game just before this encounter then walking forward a bit i was encountering one of 3 things (alien blaster+ammo, enemies, nothing) or a convination of those.

Only recently, a few months ago and after ending the game several times, I started reading walkthroughs and wikis in order to get reach content I was unable to figure out on my previous games. Found on this texts that there is an alien crash site I somehow not explored with the alien blaster. A the time of this post I was looking for info on this wiki and realized that it doesnt have this encounter.

I have played the game from start to end another 4 times after my initial encounter but had not been in the encounter another time. It's is very hard to spot that small weapon and small ammo packs, most of the time we are following some markers rather than carefuly searching in the ground. I would like to have confirmation of this event whenever you find it, keep an eye on the ground, it may be in any place.

Why I saved just before? I save often, mere luck before this encounter.

Why I reloaded? In the 1st approach a Yao attacked me by surprise and killed me while searching the ground for this little ammo. By that time I though it was a werewolf, as I have already found The family and noticed their vampiric attitude.

What kind of character was yours and why you other characters (games) dont find it? It was my 1st char and was a wastelander explorer/scavenger until it was though and rich enough for not doing it, also, as a 1st time play I just explored every piece of ground I'd find. Other characters, and me with more knowledge of the game, dont keep searching every patch of ground for a couple of caps that you mostly get.

On the only encounter, the blaster and its ammo was scattered near a place with a pile of crashed cars on one of those gas stations (If I remember correctly) scattered around just outside the central servicing area. Dont remember the exact location but it was somewhere North of where you enter The Family area, this may not be useful anyway as it's a random encounter.

Dogmeat could be invaluable to help in the mayor task it is to find this random encounter.

There may be some triggers for this event. Ej. I had not the blaster in my posesion.

If we can confirm this one, then I would catalog the weapon as a explorer type of ammo, and would be good to use that weapon more frecuently and add this method of repair and restock in the wiki. Christian Servín 21:44, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

There is no random encounter with an Alien Blaster, except the Firelance encounter with the unique Alien Blaster. -- 20:57, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

I believe you're talking about the Firelance event, which is a random encounter listed on the random encounters page. Or you might be talking about the Alien crash site across the street from the MDPL-13 power station. Both of these are listed in the Wiki. Rooker75 21:06, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

At least not the Alien crash site, yesterday was the 1st time I saw the site and the dead alien. As for the Firelance, my memory could fail me on this one, but I'm pretty sure it was alien blaster not Firelance. Just keep an eye on the ground, if I encounter this again I'll save the game on it. Christian Servín 21:44, October 1, 2010 (UTC)