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| ===== Overview & Game Mechanics ===== | ===== Overview & Game Mechanics ===== | ||
| - | | **Origin** | + | | **Origin** |
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| | Brewed by [[space_drinks_inc|Space Drinks Inc.]] – first cask August 2629 | Thick “ration-grade” stout (6 % ABV) | One pint counts as a complete daily food ration; after 1 h the drinker is pleasantly drowsy → Disadvantage on Perception checks for the next hour | 10 K per 1 L army can | Production banned; contraband can ≈ 28 K | Common in [[beta_age|Beta Age]] mess halls; rare black-market stock in the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]] | | | Brewed by [[space_drinks_inc|Space Drinks Inc.]] – first cask August 2629 | Thick “ration-grade” stout (6 % ABV) | One pint counts as a complete daily food ration; after 1 h the drinker is pleasantly drowsy → Disadvantage on Perception checks for the next hour | 10 K per 1 L army can | Production banned; contraband can ≈ 28 K | Common in [[beta_age|Beta Age]] mess halls; rare black-market stock in the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]] | | ||
| ==== Context & Historical Background ==== | ==== Context & Historical Background ==== | ||
| - | When the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]] asked Christos Demopoulos for a calorie-dense field drink that wouldn’t spoil on week-long marches, the brewers at Space Drinks repurposed their darkest wort. By bulking it with protein-rich myco-yeast and slow-roasting Atrana barley, they created Orbital Stout—marketed to troops as “A Meal in a Mug.” | + | When the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]] asked Christos Demopoulos for a calorie-dense field drink that wouldn’t spoil on week-long marches, the brewers at Space Drinks repurposed their darkest wort. By bulking it with protein-rich myco-yeast and slow-roasting Atrana barley, they created Orbital Stout —marketed to troops as “A Meal in a Mug.” |
| Civilian settlers soon adopted it as a no-cook supper during brutal harvest shifts, while miners in [[firetown|Firetown]] called it “Night-Shift Blanket” for the warm stupor it grants after a hard day. | Civilian settlers soon adopted it as a no-cook supper during brutal harvest shifts, while miners in [[firetown|Firetown]] called it “Night-Shift Blanket” for the warm stupor it grants after a hard day. | ||
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