It was meant to be, but: 1) they found it too complex for a game user interface, so they started to create a "GURPS-lite" 2) it was licensed from Steve Jackso

It was meant to be, but: 1) they found it too complex for a game user interface, so they started to create a "GURPS-lite" 2) it was licensed from Steve Jackson Games, who didn't like the level of violence in the game. Thus began a fight over whether licensing even included veto rights on the entire game So in the end, they tweaked their "GURPS-lite" further, named it "SPECIAL", and abandoned the licensing deal https://web.archive.org/web/20151004175725/http://www.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=60790 https://web.archive.org/web/20151004175725/http://www.nma-fa...