When the Last Frontier slammed into VOI 700 D, emergency cargo bays cracked open to reveal crates of sealed liquid nutrition packs — designed to keep passengers alive through disasters or long evacuations. The newborn Free State of Settlers moved these pouches (alongside Dry Shampoo & Soap Kits, Period Kits, and diapers for toddlers/elderly) into a temporary warehouse in New Kourou for controlled distribution.

By early 2626, the Frontier Supply Company negotiated access: the packs became a staple item in the Frontier Quickdraw Network, ensuring any settler could “pull a meal” even when kitchens were shut and harvests ran thin.

In the Gamma Age, the Federal Allotment Agency did not hand them out routinely; it stockpiled the remaining packs as emergency reserves, releasing them only under crisis directives — everyone else turned to the black market.

• Hydrolyzed Protein Slurry – lab-processed soy/spirulina blend from shipboard bioreactors
• Slow-Carb Gel – maltodextrin & oat polymers for sustained energy release
• Electrolyte & Vitamin Stack – buffered salts, trace minerals, fat‑soluble vitamins micro‑encapsulated in oil droplets
• Stabilizers & Emulsifiers – lecithin, pectin, and ship-grade xanthan to keep the emulsion uniform
• Purified Reclaimer Water – triple-filtered through Last Frontier life-support loops
• Packaging: Multilayer mylar/aluminum pouches, nitrogen-flushed, with an oxygen-scavenger patch and heat-crimped seams. Each pouch carries a tear-notch and a fold-over spout cap.

Plain, utilitarian shipboard design:

• Color & Material: Matte-white, multilayer mylar/aluminum pouches (500 mL / 1 L), fully light- and oxygen-tight.
• Logos & Icons: Front shows the blue European Space Agency (https://www.esa.int/) logo beside a simple dual “Food & Energy” pictogram (bowl + lightning bolt).
• Print Details: Batch code, production year (2421), and “OPEN • DRINK WITHIN 24H” in four languages (English, French, German and Spanish).
• Opening: Tear notch at the top; fold-over spout with a wire clip for re-sealing.
• Safety Marker: A small dark-blue oxygen indicator dot — turns grey if the seal is compromised.

• Triple-layer foil/mylar walls block UV and O₂ ingress.
• Internal oxygen scavengers mop up residual air after sealing.

• The slurry is acidified to inhibit bacterial growth.
• Vitamins and fats are micro-encapsulated, preventing rancidity and separation.

• Filled hot into sterile pouches, then flash-cooled.
• Heat crimps fuse polymer layers; any breach shows as a visible delaminate.

• Decade-long shelf life if unopened; 24 hours once breached.
• Taste: bland-sweet, faintly metallic — settlers often chase it with chew meat or schnapps.

• Crash-Era Lifeline – Kept first-wave settlers on their feet when crops failed and kitchens burned.
• Quickdraw Staple – “Grab a Pack and keep moving” became a trail motto.
• Collectible Foil – Empty pouches repurposed as signal mirrors, map cases, even makeshift solar cook reflectors.

• Poisoned Bottles Blackmail: Talia Maren receives a ransom note: pay 10 000 Kourou by next Friday or more Quickdraw goods get laced. The blackmailer claims one water bottle is already lethal. She hires the PCs for a covert op — find the poisoned bottle before it’s pulled, trace how the supply chain was breached, and unmask whether the culprit is an insider. Clues might include mismatched seal stamps in the Receiving Dock, altered ledger lines, a missing refill crate, or Hoos resin on a forbidden mezzanine door. A staged payout sting at the Dispatch Platform could nab the perp — or trigger a desperate sabotage attempt …

• Beta Age
• Free State of Settlers
• Frontier Supply Company
• Frontier Quickdraw Network
• New Kourou
• Federal Allotment Agency (owner, Gamma Age)