Itd be neat to implement radiation in the vendetta universe...
Nukes would leave clouds of death... there would be toxic asteroids... all sorts of fun stuff like that. Just to make players REALLY pissed at nuke cheesing. That way there would be incentive to not use them.

or to use them

Mmmm radiation.

That'd actually be interesting, once the game gets more advanced... For example, use a nuke, and it lowers your standing with all "good" nations (e.g. Itani, Serco, etc., because they've been banned under some treaty). However, if you get rid of any witnesses (assuming they're outside of comm range from a station or something, because otherwise it'd already have been transmitted [this is also assuming there'll be some sort of maximum range for transmitters]), well, there aren't any witnesses... Need I say more? :P

I do not think Avalons are really nuclear torpedoes. I think they are just a really big friggin explosion. A real nuke ought to be able to wipe people out over a much larger area. But if a ship is able to take the intense radiation that is probably released by wormholes and constant solar radiation, I think they could handle the residue from a nuke. It probably wouldn't be an issue.

But an EM pulse on a real nuke would be nice. Shuts down all weapons and turbo for those hit by it. Only way to fix it is to dock and repair.

or it could just drain the battery

woah, backtracked over my post four minutes later :P.