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====== SPACE DRINKS INC. ======

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===== Overview =====

  * **Founded:** December 2625
  * **Founder**: Christos Demopoulos, a 21-year-old logistics prodigy who — rumour insists — never tasted alcohol himself.
  * **Headquarters:** [[Space Drinks Inc. Headquarters|Space Drinks Inc. Headquarters]], Industrial Ring, [[new_kourou|New Kourou]]
  * **Original Purpose:** “To bottle liquid joy and relaxation for every settler.”

Space Drinks Inc. grew from a single fermenter into [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D’s]] dominant beverage producer, shipping kegs and bottles to every settlement within in the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]] and operating a flagship shop — the [[space_market|Space Market]] of New Kourou. Clever “bar-desk-as-a-service” contracts bound dozens of taverns to exclusive taps, each staffed by a Space-Drinks-supplied [[butler_bots|Butler Bot]] bartender. Their marketing mantra — “We left space behind; now space lives in every glass.”— helped[[space_beer| Space Beer]] become the [[beta_age|Beta Age’s]] most-consumed drink.

===== History =====

==== Early Expansion (2626 – 2628) ====

  * **January 2626:** first fermentation vats rolled out of a salvaged cargo hold behind New Kourou Relay Station.
  * **February 2626:** [[space_market|Space Market]] in New Kourou retail doors opened, ending the era of sketchy homebrew.
  * **Late 2626:** distribution deal signed with the [[new_kourou_courier_service|New Kourou Courier Service]], unlocking deliveries to Hope and Morningstar.

==== Great-War Pivot (2628 – 2630) ====

The [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]] requisitioned vast beer shipments for morale, while Space Drinks bottled high-calorie “Ration Stout” for frontline rations. 

==== Federalisation & Decline (2631 onward) ====

The [[peace_treaty|Peace Treaty]] and rise of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] nationalised all private alcohol producers. The [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]] condemned the aging brewery tanks; the main plant was dismantled, Nationalisation swept all private breweries and destilleries into the state-run [[Federal Beverages Manufactory|Federal Beverages Manufactory]].

===== Distribution & Business Model =====

  * **Exclusive Tap Contracts** – Bars leasing a “Bar-Desk-as-a-Service” package received a prefab counter, refrigeration coils, and a Butler Bot barkeep — but could only sell Space-Drinks labels.
  * **Third‑Party Supply** – Bottles and drinking glasses procured from [[bermuda_inc|Bermuda Inc]].
  * **Courier Network** – Daily kegs loaded onto [[new_kourou_courier_service_carts|New Kourou Courier Service carts]]; repeaters in [[Hope|Hope]] & [[Morningstar|Morningstar]] acted as depots.
  * **Friday Promo Runs** – Drinks shipped at half margin to spur the popular Space Friday events in the Space Market.

===== Product Line — “Orbital Spirits & Brews” =====

| # | **Label**                   | **Style & Flavour Note  ( ABV )**                    | **Quick-Play Table Quirk**                                                                           | **Bottle Price** |
| 1 | **[[Space Beer|Space Beer]]**          | Light, foamy lager; faint citrus (5 %)         | First pint grants +1 temp HP; drinker emits a joyous shout audible 30 m                        | **8 K**      |
| 2 | **[[Red Dwarf Firewater|Red Dwarf Firewater]]** | Cinnamon-hot liqueur that self-warms (45 %)     | Resist cold damage 1 h; must pass Con DC 12 or take 1 fire dmg                                     | **16 K**     |
| 3 | **[[Gravity Grog|Gravity Grog]]**        | Heavy amber ale   (8 %)                       | Move speed –1 m for 30 min; Advantage on Intimidation checks                                   | **12 K**     |
| 4 | **[[Starshine Schnapps|Starshine Schnapps]]**  | Virel Spice-infused schnapps (30 %)                     | Breath fog glitters; Stealth checks –2 for 1 h                                                     | **13 K**     |
| 5 | **[[Orbital Stout|Orbital Stout]]**       | Thick, ration-grade stout  (6%)              | Counts as one food ration; drinker becomes drowsy (Disadvantage on Perception) after 1 h       | **10 K**     |
===== Competitors =====

  * [[Mikulic Inc.|Mikulic Inc.]]
  * **Founded:** 2626 by Vinko & Zora Mikulić in the [[Hope|Hope Region]], former chemistry students from the [[last_frontier_university|Last Frontier University]].
  * **Flagship Spirits:**  [[slivovitz_superior|Slivovitz Superior]] (48 % ABV) — double-pot–distilled from locally grown Tandora fruit; aged over scavenged cryo-tube oak staves. [[krupnik_gold|Krupnik Gold]] (42 % ABV) — Virel-spice & nano-honey liqueur, slow-brewed in 40-litre ceramic crocks; prized for its silky, warming bite.
  * **Business Model:**  sells only in ceramic flasks with wax seals, creating built-in scarcity.
  * **Reputation:** “Taste over volume” – celebrated by connoisseurs, mocked by [[Space Beer|Space Beer]] loyalists as too pricey for a proper binge.

  * [[Pilswerke Inc.|Pilswerke Inc.]]
  * **Founded:** 2627 by retired hydroponics engineer Gerhard Lentz; brewery dug into a cool lava-tube near [[Morningstar|Morningstar]].
  * **Product:** [[Lebensfreude Lager|Lebensfreude Lager]] (5.8 % ABV) – brewed under a strict, adapted Reinheitsgebot using glacier melt-water and Atrana barley.
  * **Distribution:** One batch per quarter; kegs allocated by lottery to licensed taverns (no retail bottles).
  * **Reputation:** “Best beer you’ll never find.” Tavern owners frame the empty keg badges; black-market pints reach 30 K.

===== Legacy & Impact =====

  * **Cultural Glue –** Friday tastings became a cornerstone of social life in New Kourou.
  * **Monopoly Backlash –** Critics claimed quality never matched volume; “mainstream but mediocre.”
  * **Collectible Relics** – Empty Nebula Nectar bottles now fetch hefty sums among [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]] [[individualists|Individualists]].

===== Related Pages and Further Information =====

  * [[beta_age|Beta Age]]
  * [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]]
  * [[new_kourou|New Kourou]]
  * [[space_market|Space Market (New Kourou)]]
  * [[Space Drinks Inc. Headquarters|Space Drinks Inc. Headquarters]]
  * [[new_kourou_courier_service|New Kourou Courier Service]]
  * [[bermuda_inc|Bermuda Inc]]
  * [[mikulic_inc|Mikulic Inc.]]
  * [[pilswerke_inc|Pilswerke Inc.]]
  * [[Federal Beverages Manufactory|Federal Beverages Manufactory]] (Gamma Age)

**Beverages and spirits of Space Drinks Inc.:**

  * [[space_beer|Space Beer]]
  * [[red_dwarf_firewater|Red Dwarf Firewater]]
  * [[starshine_schnapps|Starshine Schnapps]]
  * [[gravity_grog|Gravity Grog]]
  * [[orbital_stout|Orbital Stout]]