STARSHINE SCHNAPPS

Christos Demopoulos, CEO of Space Drinks Inc., took inspiration from the old-Earth phrase “take a hit and see stars.” He challenged his brewers to craft a party-kick spirit that would make revelers literally sparkle. By infusing a crisp cane-spirit with sweet-citrus Virel Spice and suspending micro-sugar prisms, they launched Starshine Schnapps — a single shot meant to send any gathering into orbit.

• Spring-Drawn Water – mineral-bright, gravity-fed from the Arla River’s headwaters
• Refined Cane Spirit – double-distilled base alcohol (neutral 96 %)
• Virel Spice – bright-green powder adding sweet-citrus freshness and the signature sparkling breath effect
• Micro-Sugar Prisms – crystalline flakes that refract exhaled moisture into “starlight”

• During bottling, a centrifuge sprinkles micron-thin sugar crystals coated with food-grade silicate into the schnapps.
• These prisms remain neutrally buoyant; a gentle swirl keeps them evenly suspended and invisible in the clear spirit.

• Virel Spice contributes not only the sweet-citrus flavour but also volatile aromatic oils that vaporise at room temperature.

• When a drinker exhales, warm, moist breath condenses on the prisms’ silicate coat, creating tiny reflective droplets.
• The Virel volatiles lower surface tension, letting the droplets disperse as a fine, glitter-like fog up to 30 cm in front of the mouth.

• In torch- or lamplight the suspended droplets refract light into brief, star-like sparkles — hence the “seeing stars” nickname.
• The effect persists for roughly an hour, until the remaining prisms are cleared by the lungs or swallowed with saliva.

• Nightlife Neon — The glitter-breath effect turned every toast into an impromptu light show; musicians timed stage lights to collective exhales.
• Collector’s Cobalt — Empty blue flasks became lamp shades and signal beacons for clandestine meetings in the Gamma Age.
• Frontier Magic — Travelers and locals swiped small hip flasks from Frontier Quickdraws for free hours of sparkling spectacle during long journeys.
• Contraband Boom — Knock-off “Moonshard Schnapps” skips the prismatic filter, causing throat burns (Con save DC 13 or 1 fire dmg on failed swig).

• Glitter Trail — PCs fleeing a crime must deal with the sparkling vapor betraying their path.
• Shady Trade — Smuggle a crate of genuine Starshine to Firetown in exchange for rare weapons parts.
• Sabotaged Batch — Someone laces the microspheres with flash-powder; a tasting event might erupt—literally.

• Beta Age
• Free State of Settlers
• Space Drinks Inc.
• Space Market (New Kourou)
• Frontier Quickdraw Network
• Space Drinks Inc. Headquarters
• Mikulić Inc.
• Pilswerke Inc.

Beverages and spirits of Space Drinks Inc.:

• Space Beer
• Red Dwarf Firewater
• Starshine Schnapps
• Gravity Grog
• Orbital Stout