orbital_stout
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ORBITAL STOUT
Overview & Game Mechanics
| Origin | Type | Impact (on-table rules) | Cost (Beta Age) | Cost (Gamma Age) | Availability for Players | |
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| Brewed by Space Drinks Inc. – first cask August 2626 | 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 mess halls; rare black-market stock in the Gamma Age |
Context & Historical Background
When the 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 called it “Night-Shift Blanket” for the warm stupor it grants after a hard day.
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