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SPACE DRINKS INC.
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, Industrial Ring, New Kourou
- Original Purpose: “To bottle liquid joy and relaxation for every settler.”
Space Drinks Inc. grew from a single fermenter into VOI 700 D’s dominant beverage producer, shipping kegs and bottles to every settlement within in the Free State of Settlers and operating a flagship shop — the 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 Bot bartender. Their marketing mantra — “We left space behind; now space lives in every glass.”— helped Space Beer become the 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 in New Kourou retail doors opened, ending the era of sketchy homebrew.
- Late 2626: distribution deal signed with the New Kourou Courier Service, unlocking deliveries to Hope and Morningstar.
Great-War Pivot (2628 – 2630)
The 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 and rise of the Federal Confederation nationalised all private alcohol producers. The 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.
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.
- Courier Network – Daily kegs loaded onto New Kourou Courier Service carts; repeaters in Hope & 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 | 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 | 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 | Heavy amber ale (8 %) | Move speed –1 m for 30 min; Advantage on Intimidation checks | 12 K |
| 4 | Starshine Schnapps | Virel Spice-infused schnapps (30 %) | Breath fog glitters; Stealth checks –2 for 1 h | 13 K |
| 5 | Orbital Stout | Thick, ration-grade stout (6%) | Counts as one food ration; drinker becomes drowsy (Disadvantage on Perception) after 1 h | 10 K |
Competitors
- Founded: 2626 by Vinko & Zora Mikulić in the Hope Region, former chemistry students from the Last Frontier University.
- Flagship Spirits: Slivovitz Superior (48 % ABV) — double-pot–distilled from locally grown Tandora fruit; aged over scavenged cryo-tube oak staves. 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 loyalists as too pricey for a proper binge.
- Founded: 2627 by retired hydroponics engineer Gerhard Lentz; brewery dug into a cool lava-tube near Morningstar.
- Product: 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 Gamma Age Individualists.