Emergency Rations

History

Emergency rations were first introduced as a required item for each crew member aboard a ship after a disaster in 3657. A ship, containing 30 members of crew lost power due to a mechanical fault. They called for help using their communications system but they were at least 30 days away from anyone who could help them. They were stranded until help could come.
As per protocol, they checked in via radio with the approaching help, until on the 27th day, the rescue ship received no message. They repeatedly tried to make contact but received no response. When they finally arrived on the scene, they found no-one alive. Since that day, the USC declared that all crewed ships should carry emergency ration packs for all of their crew; enough to sustain them until help could arrive.

Uses

Emergency ration packs exist to sustain a ship's crew in the case of emergency. When a ship is stranded, especially in deep space, it can take weeks for help to arrive. The rations are designed to supplement the existing food and water aboard the ship until they have outside assistance.
Their other main use is if explorers become stranded outside of their ship for any period of time, such as due to planetary storms and poor weather. In these cases they can use their rations until they can safely make it back to the rest of their crew.

Recipe for Oat Snack Bars

Meta Note: This recipe has not been tested in real life

Ingredients

Peanut Butter

Chocolate

Oats

Oat snack bars are the best! I don't know how anyone could save them for emergencies...

— a Ship's crew member

Method

1. Line a square or rectangular tray
2. Melt the chocolate and peanut butter and mix them together
3. Add the oats to the chocolate mix and stir until thoroughly combined
4. Pour the mix into the tray and chill until set
5. Cut the set mix into bars and remove from the tray

Table of Contents

Do not open unless in case of Emergency
This pack contains:

1 pack water purification tablets

4x dehydrated meal pack

8x oat snack bar

4x sweet lolly

1 heat pack

If this contents is not present, please alert your captain immediately

— the label on a pack of emergency rations

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This is an entry for the Unofficial 'Food, Glorious Food!' Challenge and answers the prompt 'preserved'