Radiation and Dangerous Chemicals

Radiation

• Could be caused by several different things, like nuclear reactors (Could make way for new parts like large fission reactors), stars, radioactive resources (Uranium, Plutonium, and many other radioactive materials), or nuclear weapons
• It would do damage to the player over time if not protected, and leave several effects (Depending on how in-depth maybe burns from high concentrations of radiation (Burns would not be permanent)) like killing nearby wildlife, if caused by something like a reactor explosion could be carried in dust, which would also do damage and would effect weather (Nuclear winter?), if carried in dust, may also come down as very radioactive rain, doing damage to unprotected players
• Lead, graphite, and plutonium would probably be introduced as part of a radioactive addition

How to protect and detect radiation

• New parts like Geiger counters
• You could be able to change suit, instead of it just being there it has a special inventory slot, and it could be replaced with things like gas masks and goggles, lead protection from radiation, or a hazmat. It would be broken up into gloves, head accessories (one for eyes, one for mouth and nose, one for whole head), torso, boots, and leggings, and different things might have different effects (Hazmat or goggles and gas mask would help protect from chemicals, lead would protect against radiation, but some might also reduce things like mobility), and would have different costs (Gas mask and goggles without hazmat would be less effective). Might also change HUD depending on what is being worn.

Chemicals

• could be generated by leaks in machinery, different gasses in atmospheres, or chemical weapons
• It would slowly damage the player if unprotected (If protection is cheap, (Goggles and gas mask with no hazmat) it would highly reduce damage, but damage would still occur), and would also have visuals depending on the concentration of gasses. Would also kill wildlife and have many other negative effects (If large scale, clouds of dangerous chemicals, etc.).

Concept of chemical weapon

A rifle that would be loaded with a canister of toxic gas, then to load, would repeatedly pull lever to generate pressure, then would fire, spraying chemicals over a small range.

(For what different types of protection would look like for chemicals and radiation, just look and some of the costume designs from the series Chernobyl (Can you guess what it's about?), the two that would make the most sense would be the costume designs for the roof crew during Chernobyl's clean up and the hazmat for the people spraying chemicals in the streets also for clean up (Basically the two that were used for title art (Also, highly recommend the series))

(Above (Street clean up)) The chemical sprayer shown in this image would also be an interesting addition, basically same concept as my rifle idea (the can on the person's back would be taken off, the pump on the top would be pumped, increasing the pressure, then, when the trigger on the 'wand' is used, the chemicals (In liquid form) would spray out (Liquid chemicals would also be a very interesting addition)). This would be a concept for hazmat and gas mask

(Below (Roof crew)) This would be a concept for a combination of gas mask, goggles, and lead protection (You can see the lead on the back of the head and chest (It's not just lead, though. The lead is inside the silver 'fabric')).