Expired Supplies Bundle

The bundle contains sealed ship stores past their preferred date but not automatically dead: faded meal pouches, mineral tabs, old tea, and ration bricks sold with every warning intact. Inspect for swelling, pinholes, rust, moisture, and chemical smells before trusting anything. Poor crews buy it because hunger also carries risk; rich people buy distressed cargo as a joke until the joke reaches their mouth. Dry goods may merely taste tired. Oils turn rancid, vitamins fade, and compromised wet packs can grow something no amount of heating makes friendly. The discount is payment for judgment, not immunity from consequences. Long Burn labels Expired Supplies Bundle with pack date, lot, preparation requirement, and the sort of blunt storage warning a hungry watch might actually obey. It sits among practical ship stores, not the refrigerated glass where Spire money goes to admire lunch.