Chinese officer's sword (Fallout 3)

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	Fallout 3 weapon Chinese officer's sword
	Requirements Skill Melee Weapons Attack statistics Dmg/Attack 10 (15.5) DPS 23.1 (35.8) Crit Dmg 15 Crit % Mult x2 Attacks/Sec 2.3 AP 28 Other Weight 3 Value 75 Item HP 500 Repair Chinese officer's swords Editor ID ? Base ID 0002b3cb xx003f40(sim version) Perk Effects Perks (dam.) Bloody Mess (+0.5) Ghoul Ecology (+5)

 

The Chinese officer's sword is a melee weapon found in Fallout 3, and makes a cameo appearance in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background

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These swords are made in the style of 7th century Jian double edged straight swords. Produced by the People's Liberation Army specifically for use by its officers and issued in the Sino-American War, many were captured and came to the American home front as souvenirs – some even found their way into fifth columnist hands. Since the Great War, these weapons have become an uncommonly used by wastelanders and raiders alike.

Characteristics

Although common at lower levels, its high durability and fast attack speed make the Chinese officer's sword an excellent weapon outside of V.A.T.S., whereas swings in V.A.T.S. use 28 AP. Along with its high critical multiplier and critical damage, the sword is great weapon to hit fast, hard and sparingly.

Variants

• Vampire's Edge, the weakest of the Chinese officer's sword unique variants, Vampire's Edge weighs only one pound, and is the only variant to use the regular sword's model.
• Jingwei's Shocksword Operation: Anchorage, an electrified version of the Chinese officer's sword, the shock sword is much stronger and deals electrical damage over time.
• Sim version Operation: Anchorage, a version of the weapon which appears only within the Anchorage simulation. Unlike other sim-specific weapons, this version has a higher base and critical damage than its normal counterpart, and also causes disintegration for non-player characters killed by a critical hit similar to Jingwei's Shocksword. This weapon is only carried by non-player characters within the Anchorage simulation and cannot be obtained through normal means.
• Samurai's sword Mothership Zeta, an ancient Japanese weapon that deals an extra helping of damage on critical hits, and is much more durable than the standard sword.

	The following is based on Fallout 3 cut content and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

• Clover's cleaver, a Chinese officer's sword that was cut from the base game. It was intended to be used by Clover and was to be the Evil follower unique weapon, much like Fawkes' super sledge and Butch's Toothpick were for the other Karma levels.
• Katana Mothership Zeta, a variant of the samurai's sword that deals much less critical damage, but knocks foes down with critical hits.

	End of information based on Fallout 3 cut content.

Comparison

Name	Dmg/att	DPS	Att/sec	Crit mult	Crit dmg	AP cost	Weight	Item HP	Value
Chinese officer's sword	10	23.1	2.3	x2	15	28	3	500	75
Vampire's Edge	15	34.6	2.3	x3	20	28	1	750	100
Jingwei's shocksword	35 + 2 Electrical (5s)	80.2 + 2 Electrical	2.3	x2	25	28	3	850	500
Samurai's sword	24	55.4	2.3	x2	40	19	3	1000	75

Locations

Chinese officers' swords may be found in the following locations:

• Megaton, in Jericho's house, stabbed into a teddy bear.
• Republic of Dave, in the Museum of Dave, most likely a relic from Dave's traveling days.
• On a dead Chinese commando, located at the origin point of the Chinese radio beacon, as a result of a random encounter.
• The Chinese captain at Mama Dolce's is another holder of this sword.
• Can be found on several insane inhabitants of Vault 106 who all use melee weapons.
• Random raiders all throughout the game may carry one, and they will appear more often when the player is at a lower level.
• There's one in Abraham Washington's museum in Rivet City, behind a rubble pile near some lockers.
• Crimson at Paradise Falls carries one.

Notes

• Clover's variant of Chinese officer's sword has a Base ID of 0006415d. It has unlimited durability, and stats identical with the standard one. (Not to be confused with Clover's cleaver.)
• When running in third person with this sword out, the game uses the same running animation from Oblivion, one of Bethesda Softworks' other titles.
• When using a Stealth Boy or Chinese stealth armor, the sword's blood stains will still be visible.
• In Fallout: New Vegas, an enlarged unusable version of the Chinese officer's sword can be seen behind elder McNamara's desk. It is part of a large Brotherhood of Steel symbol which consists of a sword offset from two interlocking gears.

Weapons in Fallout 3 Unarmed Brass knuckles (Steel knuckles) · Deathclaw gauntlet · Power fist (Fisto!, The Shocker) · Spiked knuckles (Plunkett's Valid Points) Melee Auto axe (Man Opener, The Mauler) · Steel saw · Axe (The Dismemberer) · Baseball bat · Chinese officer's sword (Jingwei's Shocksword, Samurai's sword, Vampire's Edge) · Combat knife (Occam's Razor, Stabhappy, Trench knife) · Knife (Ant's Sting, Slasher knife, Ritual knife, Toy knife) · Lead Pipe · Nail board (Board of Education) · Police baton · Pool cue (The Break) · Repellent Stick · Ripper (Jack) · Rolling pin · Shishkebab · Shock baton (Electro-suppressor) · Sledgehammer (The Tenderizer) · Shovel (Fertilizer shovel) · Super sledge (Fawkes' super sledge) · Switchblade (Butch's Toothpick) · Tire iron (Highwayman's Friend) Small Guns Pistols Smith & Wesson .32 pistol (Wild Bill's sidearm) · N99 10mm pistol (Colonel Autumn's 10mm pistol) · Shanxi Type 17 Chinese pistol (Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese pistol) · Dart gun · Silenced 10mm pistol · Scoped .44 Magnum (Blackhawk, Callahan's Magnum, Paulson's revolver) Shotguns Combat shotgun (The Terrible Shotgun) · Double-barrel shotgun · Sawed-off shotgun (The Kneecapper) Submachine guns 10mm SMG (Sydney's 10mm "Ultra" SMG) Rifles R91 assault rifle · BB gun · Type 93 Chinese assault rifle (Xuanlong assault rifle) · Hunting rifle ( Ol' Painless, Lincoln's repeater) · Infiltrator (Perforator) · Lever-action rifle (Backwater rifle) · Railway rifle · Sniper rifle (Reservist's rifle, Victory rifle) Big Guns Drone cannon (Drone cannon Ex-B) · Fat Man (Experimental MIRV) · Flamer (Burnmaster, Rapid-Torch Flamer, Slo-Burn Flamer) · Gatling laser (Vengeance, Precision Gatling laser) · Heavy incinerator · Minigun (Eugene) · Missile launcher (Miss Launcher) · Rock-It launcher Energy Weapons Pistols Alien atomizer (Atomic pulverizer, Captain's Sidearm) · Alien blaster (Firelance) · AEP7 laser pistol (Colonel Autumn's laser pistol, Protectron's Gaze, Smuggler's End) · Mesmetron (Microwave emitter) · Plasma pistol (MPLX Novasurge) Rifles Alien Disintegrator (Destabilizer) · Scoped Gauss Rifle · AER9 laser rifle (Metal Blaster, Wazer Wifle) · Plasma rifle (A3-21's plasma rifle) · Tesla cannon · Tri-beam laser rifle Explosives Grenades Bio-gas canister · Cryo grenade · Frag grenade · Nuka-grenade · Plasma grenade · Pulse grenade Mines Bottlecap mine · Cryo mine · Frag mine · Plasma mine · Pulse mine Cut content In-game Black Bart's Bane · Breaker · Clover's Cleaver · Curse Breaker · Excalibat · Discharge hammer · Gauss rifle (beta) · Grenade launcher · Katana · Law Dog · Lightning gun · Love Tap · Mirelurk bait grenade · O'Grady's Peacemaker · Pa's Fishing Aid · Smoke grenade · Spanner · Tesla cannon (beta) · (Wanda) Not in-game Air hammer gun · Cryolator · Mason jar mine · Piggy bank grenade Parentheses () denote unique weapon variants, italics denote weapons available through add-ons.