Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/The Cloud

The Cloud is a lethal prewar chemical weapon in Fallout:DUST and Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Developed before the Great War by Communist China, within the Wuhan Lab in Wuhan, China. It was secretly tested at the Sierra Madre Resort and Casino, unknown to the staff or guests.

After the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, samples were recovered from the Sierra Madre by NCR researchers for purpose as a weapon against the Republic's enemies, but by unknown means was unwittingly release over the greater portion of the Core Region and Mojave Wasteland.

In the Battle for Anchorage, Alaska, forces of the PLA (People's Liberation Army) used the toxin on American Troops. The effects of the toxin were devastating. Even troops in pressurized power armor suits were no match to the effects.

Sierra Madre Cloud (Presumably SM-0)
By 2281 the Cloud released from the Sierra Madre's ventilation systems had engulfed the Casino to the point of blocking out the sun.

An unknown chemical compound smelling and tasting of copper, sulfur, and plastic, it killed many of the Casino's inhabitants and transformed those in hazmat suits into the ghost people. Whatever its nature, the Cloud is a corrosive compound, slowly deteriorating both organic and inorganic matter, which makes gas masks, environmental suits, and power armor ineffective protection.

The Ghost People where Sierra Madre staff trapped in their hazmat suit when the Cloud eroded the suit clasps. Slow exposure to the toxin mutated them into the Ghost People, their bodies trapped within their suits and forced to adapt into a stiffening entity composed of pockets of pressurized gas, glowing green fluid, and tissue that seemingly draws nourishment from the Cloud.

SM-5
A variant of the Cloud designed by NCR scientists in the early 2280's, SM-5 is a more potent alteration of the Sierra Madre toxin.

It kills its victims and corrodes more quickly than the SM strain, as a result none of the Sierra Madre Ghost People are encountered in the Mojave.

Rather those who survive in hazmat suits become creatures analogous to feral ghouls, albeit with a higher degree of intelligence.

Locations and areas affected by or involved with the SM-5 Cloud

 * Freeside
 * Goodsprings (Possibly linked to the cloud)
 * The Boneyard (Was cleared from The Cloud sometime after)
 * The Lucky 38
 * The Strip


 * Vault 21
 * Zion National Park
 * Most NCR Territory in California (Likely)

Connected Events

 * The Fall
 * Freeside Rebellion