Valens

Valens is a survival race in which pilots compete in armed anti-gravity Hovers across planetary tracks, raging atmospheres and the vacuum of space. You earn credits by passing energy barriers and destroying rival Hovers, then use pit stops to upgrade your craft during the race.

Hovers and weapons

Each race starts with a basic Hover equipped with an impulse motor, a generator and a powerful weapons system. Its weapons and defenses include self-guided missiles, bombs, machine guns, lasers, protective shields, stealth fields and boost. The generator supplies energy to the laser, stealth field, shield and boost; excess energy automatically restores the Hover.

Race and upgrades

At a pit stop, your Hover is limited in speed and cannot fire while you buy upgrades. Visiting also fully restores its ammunition, armor, shields and energy. Each upgrade type has five levels of improvement, and the Hover is upgraded during the race to its current level. A fully upgraded level-50 Hover has 50 slots.

If your Hover is destroyed, it is restored at a pit stop. You lose the progress of the current round but keep credits already earned by destroying rivals. Aces and bounty hunters compete for the title of Best Pilot in the VALENS Planetary system.