Origin Space Drinks Inc. (Beta Age, 2627 launch) Type Self-warming cinnamon liqueur (45 % ABV) Impact One shot → Resist cold damage for 1 hour. Drinker must succeed on Con save DC 12 or suffer 1 fire damage from the internal heat surge. Cost (Beta Age) 16 Kourou per 750 mL ceramic flask Cost (Gamma Age) Not legally available (federal monopoly) Availability for Players Common in New Kourou & Morningstar taverns during the Beta Age; rare black-market flask ≈ 40 K in the Gamma Age.

Christos Demopoulos green-lit Red Dwarf Firewater after brewing crews in the chilly Atrana Mountains begged for a pocket-sized heat source. Marketed with the tagline “Carry a star in your belly,” it became the go-to nip for mountain guides, night-watch Troopers, and frost-line prospectors. The bottle’s thermal ceramic shell warms to the touch once uncorked, an alchemical flourish that cemented its legend.

Filtered Arla River spirit base – triple-distilled grain neutral alcohol.

Cinnamon-Spice Resin – scraped from imported Terran bark cultures.

Red Bloom Pepper Essence – micro-dosed capsaicin extract grown in the hot soils near Volcano Ralar.

Thermo-Catalyst Pearl – a pea-sized exothermic bead (food-safe alloy + iron oxide) that releases gentle heat for ten minutes after liquid contact, giving the drink its self-warming trait.

Honey-Drop Syrup – Hope-Region hydro-honey rounds the fiery bite.

Mountain Staple — One flask packed enough warming power for an Atrana ridge patrol; empty bottles became wind-chimes on shepherd huts.

Medicinal Myth — Field medics claimed a splash sped frostbite recovery (unproven).

Federal Blacklist — Post-2631, the catalyst pearls were deemed “non-essential metallurgy,” pushing real Firewater into contraband status and spawning dangerous knock-offs that skip the heat-regulator coating.

Red Dwarf Firewater is more than a drink:

Blizzard Buffer — Issue each PC a flask before a glacier trek; failed Con saves add comic yelps of “internal combustion.”

Saboteur’s Spark — Over-pressurised pearls can be rigged as makeshift hand-warmers—or low-grade incendiaries if players get creative.

Contraband Cargo — Smuggling a crate past Federal checkpoints offers a profitable (and aromatic) side quest.

Space Drinks Inc.

Space Market (New Kourou)

Space Drinks Inc. Headquarters

Federal Beverages Manufactory

Beta Age / Gamma Age