Name: Skerolox

Slang/Nicknames: Skerry, Slow Drops, Timeworms

Trafficked/Sold: Produced by Kyrexian syndicates, shipped in vacuum-sealed cartridges disguised as refrigeration units. Popular in underground casino circuits and "slow lounges."

Uses: Illegal in most systems. Some corporate black-ops teams use small doses to improve reflex timing. Often abused in gambling and underground fighting rings.

Form: Translucent gel capsules or inhaled vapor

Origin: Kyrexian fungal spores cultured in deep space biolabs

Effects: Induces heightened time perception — minutes feel like hours; used by gamblers and thrill-seekers to "stretch" moments of pleasure or tension

Side Effects: Temporal nausea (vomiting caused by disrupted sense of time), mild addiction, risk of permanent chrono-disassociation with heavy use

Name: Prismilk

Slang/Nicknames: Rainbows, Liquid Light, Chroma

Trafficked/Sold: Sold by elite Glithid-run cartels through front corporations posing as luxury beverage exporters. Often served openly at high-tier alien nightclubs in systems where law enforcement is bribed.

Uses: Legal in certain pleasure planets / zones. Illegal elsewhere. Used recreationally by artists and sensory thrill-seekers. Also used in experimental therapy in fringe trans-humanist clinics.

Form: Iridescent liquid served in chilled vials, often mixed in cocktails

Origin: Synthesized from Glithid neural fluids harvested from cadaver drones

Effects: Induces vivid synesthetic hallucinations, cross-wiring senses — you can "taste colors," "hear textures," etc. Often used recreationally at elite alien clubs

Side Effects: Lingering sensory bleed (phantom sensations), occasional permanent sensory fusion if overdosed

Name: Hivemind Dust

Slang/Nicknames: Hive, Swarm, Whisper Powder

Trafficked/Sold: Sold in designer snuff boxes or encrypted vials by Kthari splinter groups and Void Syndicate smugglers. Smuggled by embedding in silver paint on artwork or in micro-thin layers on currency.

Uses: Highly illegal. Used by underground hacker networks and criminal cabals. Sometimes purchased covertly by intelligence agencies for temporary field telepathy.

Form: Fine silver powder inhaled nasally

Origin: Refined from the micro-cortexes of a hive-intelligence species called the Kthari

Effects: Allows temporary group telepathy among users — popular at underground orgies, hacker collectives, and black-market auctions

Side Effects: Loss of self-identity during effect window, paranoia, brain hemorrhaging if mixed with other stimulants

Name: Null Root

Slang/Nicknames: Fade, Stonebite, Empties

Trafficked/Sold: Grown on hidden asteroid farms or cultivated in secret underground gardens. Smuggled as dried herbal "tea" or vacuum-sealed roots. Sold by Voidwalker clans and freelance smugglers.

Uses: Illegal in most core systems, tolerated in outer rim colonies. Used by assassins, mercenaries, and those seeking temporary emotional numbness after trauma.

Form: Dried black root chewed like tobacco or brewed into tea

Origin: Plant native to a rogue planet in the Kelkos system, evolved in total darkness

Effects: Shuts down all emotion for 3–6 hours; prized by assassins, negotiators, and those seeking to "purge" traumatic memories

Side Effects: Depression, permanent emotional blunting with repeated use, social withdrawal

Name: Astryx

Slang/Nicknames: Star Shards, Cosmic Candy, The Deep Glimmer

Trafficked/Sold: Mined in deep space and sold by nomadic "Shard Tribes." Smuggled in jewelry, decorative glass, or embedded in luxury goods. Corporate buyers sometimes fund expeditions to secure supply.

Uses: Corporate meditation retreats (legal in corporate zones), illegal in most systems due to risk of psychosis. Popular with mystics, cult leaders, and the ultra-wealthy.

Form: Crystal shards dissolved under the tongue

Origin: Distilled from meteorite ice containing ancient cosmic microbes

Effects: Induces temporary cosmic awareness — users feel connected to the universe, "hear" the stars, experience euphoric existential clarity

Side Effects: Can cause psychosis, cosmic dread ("staring into the void"), some users never return to baseline consciousness

Name: Fevirine

Slang/Nicknames: Fever Strips, Slicks, Loveburn

Trafficked/Sold: Mass-produced by biotech conglomerates and sold legally on designated pleasure worlds. Smuggled elsewhere by organized brothel chains and hedonist cults. Patches are ultra-thin and often disguised as cosmetic skin tattoos.

Uses: Legal in specific zones (Red Sectors, Hedon Worlds). Illegal in conservative or corporate-heavy systems. Used in sex trade, high-end entertainment, and private parties.

Form: Thin glowing strips applied to the skin (dermal patches)

Origin: Engineered from bioengineered Glithid blood enzymes

Effects: Hyper-lust — rapidly heightens libido, sensitivity, and touch-based euphoria; used in brothels, orgies, and certain intimate entertainment shows

Side Effects: Physical exhaustion, skin hypersensitivity, occasional permanent nerve damage if abused

Name: Phantasmine

Slang/Nicknames: Dreamjuice, Ghost Serum, Shift

Trafficked/Sold: Sold by rogue biohackers and void biologists. Smuggled in medical supply crates or disguised as experimental treatment drugs. Some cults sell it as a way to "experience enlightenment."

Uses: Highly illegal in most systems due to risk of psychosis. Used in underground immersive theaters, sadistic games, and black-market VR dens. Secretly experimented with by some fringe entertainment corps.

Form: Injectable luminescent serum

Origin: Extracted from rare Void Jellyfish that phase between dimensions

Effects: Generates hyper-realistic full-body hallucinations; used for roleplay, immersive theater, or sadistic games

Side Effects: Addiction, difficulty distinguishing reality from fiction, risk of permanent delusional states