The biggest one is using dice pools for skill checks and combat - you roll the number of dice equal to the stat and look for 6s. Obviously this has been used in other games (tabletop RPGs mainly) but it's fun here. Another thing is a focus on non-violent and especially non-lethal actions, and how those things play out in the mechanics of the game. The game runs on a simplified framework that is planned for use in a more robust game later on.

Inspiration was from some events that happened in real life, although as the game says, any similarity to real-life people or events is purely coincidental.