Firelance

Firelance is a weapon . It is the unique variant of the alien blaster.
==Characteristics==
In addition to its 100% critical chance and high damage, the Firelance sets its target on fire upon strike, causing 2 points of damage every second for 5 seconds. Both the Pyromaniac and Xenotech Expert perks affect this weapon and it uses the rare alien power cells as ammunition.
===Durability===
Firelance can fire 63 shots, the equivalent of 7 reloads, from full condition, before breaking.
==Variants==
* Alien blaster - The common variant found in the Capital Wasteland.
* Captain's Sidearm - A unique, cleaner, shinier alien blaster used by the alien captain.
===Comparison===
==Locations==
The Firelance can only be obtained in the Unidentified Flying Debris random encounter. See Fallout 3 random encounter locations (Type A) for locations where this event may take place. The encounter occurs only once per character playthrough. 
==Notes==
* There is no guaranteed location and the ammunition scatters across the general area of the event, making recovering it a difficult task. 
* The Firelance encounter produces a brief radiation field which is usually centered on the weapon itself.
* The weapon can get stuck on unreachable buildings, such as a water tower, or be picked up by NPCs, who happen to be in the encounter zone. 
** Hostile non-player characters may be able to pick up the weapon from unreachable buildings, in which case it can be retrieved by killing and looting them.
* The Firelance and the experimental MIRV break down faster than any other weapon in the game.
* Entering the console command will return "1", if the encounter already took place in the world, or "0" if it can still occur.
==Behind the scenes==
* The Firelance is a reference to an identically-named Martian weapon appearing in the Wasteland paragraph book, in the red herring Mars plot.
* An alien weapon called "firelance" is also mentioned in a cut line in Fallout. Jason Zimmerman: "{102}{}{Hey, are you from really far away? Have you had a lot of adventures?}"The Vault Dweller: "{104}{}{Actually, I'm from Mars. Want to see my firelance?}"(JASON.MSG)
==Sounds==
			
			
==Gallery==
FO3 UFO Crash with Firelance hd.jpg|The Firelance event
==References==
Category:Fallout 3 Energy Weapons skill weapons
Category:Alien weapons
Category:Fallout 3 unique weapons
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