Body Armor in T2K

[Raellus]

I don't think we have a thread devoted to this topic. Assuming that's correct, I thought this might be a good topic to open for discussion.

The idea came to me when I was watching a recent (I think) episode of Pawn Stars on the History Channel. Apparently, kevlar has a bit of a half-life. After about 5 years, the fibers start to deteriorate, apparently making the vest less safe. I had no idea. The vest the guy brought in to the pawn store even had the date it was issued/sold written on the tag. I had never thought about Kevlar body armor losing it's integrity over time.

If this is the case, a lot of Kevlar body armor would be approaching that 5 year use-by date in the year 2000. I think it's safe to assume that Kevlar body armor produced after '97 would be extremely rare.

If you wanted to, I guess you could address this in game mechanics by assigning Kevlar body armor a wear value based on age (as well as previous use).

Anyway, your input is welcome. Please feel free to use this thread for any discussion having to do with body armor in the T2KU.