The Smitty Special (GRA)

The Smitty Special is a unique weapon .
==Background==
==Characteristics==
Compared to the standard plasma caster, The Smitty Special comes with numerous modifications to increase performance. It features a shorter barrel with larger, fan-shaped magnetic stabilizing claws on the end, and thick orange tape around the shaft. The body is also cleaner and darker green in color, with additional hardware on the side and one large yellow vacuum tube, replacing two of the tubes on the front-right side.
In combat, the weapon is far more durable and has twice the ammo capacity of regular plasma casters, as well as a much higher rate of fire, which balances out its lower damage output per shot and lower critical chance. It also has a much wider spread.
===Durability===
The Smitty Special can be fired 1095 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 55 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
==Variants==
* Plasma caster - the standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
===Comparison===
==Locations==
* Freeside - In the Silver Rush, sold by Gloria Van Graff.
* Gun Runners - Sold by Vendortron if Gloria Van Graff is dead.
==Notes==
* Although there are unique sounds for the weapon present in the files of Gun Runner's Arsenal, the weapon makes use of the Tesla cannon firing sounds instead.
* Unlike other plasma casters, the weapon is fully automatic. This causes it to degrade almost as fast as the Gatling laser.
* While the Smitty Special has a higher rate of fire than an un-modded plasma caster, with the HS electrode modification, the two are roughly identical in DPS, making the Smitty Special a dubious improvement in real-time combat, especially since the unique variant has a significantly lower critical rate and damage per shot, making it much less effective against heavily armored targets. In V.A.T.S., however, the Smitty Special gets an edge over the plasma caster since, as an automatic weapon, it will get three shots for every one shot from the plasma caster.
* By coincidence, the Silver Rush where the weapon is sold is situated across the street from a pre-War store named Smitty's.
==Behind the scenes==
The weapon's name is a reference to Fallout, where Smitty will upgrade the Vault Dweller's plasma rifle to a turbo plasma rifle for fixing the hydroponic farms in Adytum.
==Bugs==
 Sometimes, if Gloria Van Graff is dead, the Smitty Special will not be purchasable from Vendortron. 
* Use this fix in the console: , then . This could also be done in reverse order.
==Sounds==
	
==Gallery==
FNV Smitty sign Silver Rush.jpg|Out-of-business Smitty's store opposite of the Silver Rush
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas Energy Weapons skill weapons
Category:Gun Runners' Arsenal weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas unique weapons
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