Worn-out or damaged suits would be replaced using existing stocks and later manufactured using jumpsuit extruders installed in every Vault (though some were designed to fail, as part of the Vault experiment). Vault-Tec also supplied the design to the Enclave, for use within its civilian facilities, such as the presidential rig. Regardless of generation, jumpsuits proved to be a rugged, durable piece of equipment that could be readily accessorized. Vault dwellers commonly wore them together with a variety of equipment according to their job: Durable lab coats with scientific equipment, stripped-down versions for maintenance work, and body armor and protective helmets for security personnel. Dwellers who ventured into the wasteland commonly modified their suits with a variety of improvised armor or improved linings. The advanced Vault suit is a return to the form-fitting style that characterized the earliest jumpsuits, updated with the latest high-tech materials and technological solutions available to the Vault-Tec Corporation. It's a single-piece suit designed to hug the user's body shape. Various biometric sensors are integrated into the suit to interface with the Vault's systems, while the iconic yellow strip on the front is now made of gold foil, rather than dyed material, to act as a heat-dissipation strip and antenna for the biometric sensors integrated in the suit. Regarding the design of the Vault jumpsuits in Fallout 3, concept artist Adam Adamowicz stated, "Designing, or redesigning the vault suit meant adhering to canon, and updating the textures and tactile feel for the detail we can achieve now in games.In Fallout and Fallout 2, they are worn by the player character by default and in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76, they appear as actual in-game items. I opted for a more durable denim like material, something quintessentially American and, suited to carrying out vault tasks involving heavy machinery and crawling through metal pipes. Overall, the vault suit seems to represent an Everyman/Everywoman uniform of conformity, and a blank canvas for accessorizing once the wearer had escaped into the harsh environment of the wasteland. The reinforced elbows and knees seemed to introduce a bit of that flair to the otherwise oppressively Orwellian environment." Preserving the retro 50’s flavor seemed to support this, and I wanted the suit to feel at home in a classic 50’s sci-fi film like Forbidden Planet.
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