RIFT PILOTS

01 In one minute

RIFT PILOTS centres on one ship fighting forward through hostile space. AUTO fights for you while you plan upgrades, missions and merges; MANUAL puts you on the stick to dodge, dash and fire (+5% damage and regeneration, ×1.25 PWR Core). Progress comes from what you build: ships, modules and pilots earned through play.

02 How to earn PWR

How an epoch works

Path 1 · Free to play: real space and contracts

Path 2 · The Void: direct Core

Buy a Void portal with PWR and every Void kill and stage earns Core: 10 per kill, 25 per elite or Void Stalker, 100 per boss, 50 per stage, ×1.25 on MANUAL, times the level's Core scale and the portal's multiplier (×1.5 to ×3). The Void is tougher, costs no Credits or Fuel to enter (the portal is the price), and drops modules up to Legendary.

Frontier rule: Core, Credits, drops and box chance are full in your newest galaxy and the one before it, half two galaxies back and a quarter further back, so nobody farms easy content. Deeper galaxies pay more Credits per Fuel, drop better rarity and more Epic Boxes.

• Other PWR sources: selling equipment, Epic Boxes or pilots on the marketplace (paid in PWR) and 5% of your referrals' payouts.
• Withdrawals: none while a season is running. PWR stays in your account until the season ends (see 12).

03 Gameplay & combat

1. Dock: repair Hull, equip modules (or Equip Best), pick a galaxy and level.
2. Deploy: each level costs Credits and Fuel and has five stages. A stage advances by kills (6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14).
3. Fight on AUTO or MANUAL. AUTO keeps fighting while windows are open.
4. Loot: Credits, Fuel, modules (Common to Rare in real space), Epic Boxes and, from Galaxy 4, contracts. Items go straight to your inventory.
5. Build: equip, merge ships, recruit pilots, upgrade, then go deeper.

Three defence layers: a Shield that regenerates, Armor whose hardness cuts damage, and Hull. Armor and Hull do not regenerate in a sortie. A defeated ship stays at Hull 0 until you repair it with Credits.

Weapon	Damage	Interval	vs Shield	vs Armor	Notes
Laser	1.8	0.40 s	×0.65	×1.5	Forward beam
Kinetic gun	0.75	0.18 s	×1.5	×0.7	Fast ballistic fire
Missile	5.2	1.05 s	Bypasses	×1.0	Homing splash; point defense can stop it
Escort hangar	escorts	1.2 s	×1.5	×0.7	Fighters that absorb bullets

Base stats before rarity, ship class, pilot and MANUAL bonuses. About 1.5% of enemies are elites (×1.5 Hull and bounty). Enemy types: Fighter, Fast Corvette, Battleship, Carrier and the rare VOID Stalker.

04 Galaxies & bosses

Ten galaxies × ten levels × five stages = 500 stages. Levels unlock in order. A new galaxy needs level 10 of the previous one cleared plus a one-time unlock: Galaxies 2–3 cost Credits and Fuel only (500 C + 20 Fuel, then 1,414 C + 57 Fuel), so the free path through Galaxy 3 needs no PWR. Galaxy 4 onwards also costs PWR: 50 / 100 / 150 / 250 / 400 / 600 / 1,000 PWR for Galaxies 4–10, plus Credits and Fuel (up to 13,500 C + 540 Fuel). Level entry runs from 180 C + 7.2 Fuel to 3,995 C + 26.1 Fuel; first clears pay a Credit bonus. Deeper galaxies always pay more: more Credits per Fuel, better module rarity, more Epic Boxes, and more Void Core per kill. Farming two or more galaxies below your newest one pays half or less. Provisional.

1 · Outer Perimeter

Threat ×1.00

2 · Ion Graveyard

×1.12

3 · Glass Nebula

×1.25

4 · Ashen Relay

×1.38

5 · Shard Belt

×1.52

6 · Silent Expanse

×1.68

7 · Cinder Orbit

×1.85

8 · Null Foundry

×2.20

9 · Eventide Gate

×2.55

10 · Core Rift

×3.20

Ten unique galaxy bosses

Level 10 of each galaxy ends with its own boss and signature skill. Bosses telegraph every attack and change phase at 66% and 33% Hull. Each pilot defeats each boss once: the first defeat pays a chest and locked Credits, then the boss no longer spawns, you can still farm the galaxy, and it pays +5% Credits for good.

#	Boss	Signature skill	First defeat
1	Warden Bastion	Sweeping front shield (−60% damage), breaks in phase 3	Rare chest · 2,500 C
2	Revenant Hulk	Raises up to 3 wrecks as turrets	Rare chest · 4,000 C
3	Prism Matriarch	Lance splits into 3–4 colour lanes; lasers +15% to its core	Rare chest · 5,500 C
4	Signal Tyrant	Grey decoy lane next to the real red lane	Epic chest · 7,000 C
5	Shard Colossus	Orbiting shards; each one broken takes 10% of its Hull	Epic chest · 8,500 C
6	The Hollow Choir	Fades out (50% damage taken); hit it when solid	Epic chest · 10,000 C
7	Solar Forge	Burning heat lanes	Epic chest · 11,500 C
8	Assembler Prime	Two crane arms build a drone every 8 s	Legendary chest · 13,000 C
9	Gatekeeper Eclipse	Time echo: lances where you were 3, 2 and 1 s ago	Legendary chest · 14,500 C
10	Rift Sovereign	Borrows the other bosses' skills	Legendary chest · 16,000 C

Boss Credits are locked and boss chest modules are ship-bound (see 08).

05 Ships, equipment & pilots

You own a roster and deploy one ship at a time. Each ship has one shared Hull: its base Hull plus every equipped part. Removing parts never erases damage, and re-equipping never heals.

Tempest · Attack Craft

Hull

80

Combat

×0.85

Speed

×1.35

Slots W/D/U

2 / 1 / 2

Nova · Corvette

Hull

125

Combat

×0.95

Speed

×1.10

Slots W/D/U

3 / 2 / 2

Viper · Frigate

Hull

160

Combat

×1.00

Speed

×1.00

Slots W/D/U

3 / 2 / 3

Falcon · Battleship

Hull

210

Combat

×1.05

Speed

×0.85

Slots W/D/U

4 / 3 / 3

Warden · Capital Ship

Hull

320

Combat

×1.10

Speed

×0.65

Slots W/D/U

6 / 4 / 4

Equipment

Ten module types fill weapon, defense and utility slots: Laser, Missile, Kinetic gun, Escort hangar (weapons), Hard armor, Shield, Point defense (defense) and Fire control, Shield regeneration, Afterburners (utility). Rarity multiplies stats: Common ×1.00, Uncommon ×1.35, Rare ×1.75, Epic ×2.25, Legendary ×3.00. Equipment cannot be upgraded; each rarity has a fixed maximum roll. Equip Best suggests a Balanced, Damage or Survival loadout and applies it only after you confirm. Unwanted modules salvage for 60–1,600 Credits.

Pilots

One pilot flies your deployed ship. Pilots roll Combat, Engineering and Logistics (+1% damage, regeneration or mission results per point) and a trait (Gunner, Mechanic, Explorer or Quartermaster). Stat ranges: Common 1–3 up to Legendary 10–15 (recruit odds per candidate: Common 61.8%, Uncommon 28%, Rare 8%, Epic 2%, Legendary 0.2%, about one Legendary in 50 refreshes). Ten refreshes a day: the first five cost 300–900 Credits, the last five 5–15 PWR, resetting at midnight Manila.

06 The Void

Buy a portal in the Store, activate it and fly the Void version of the galaxy and level you are on for one hour. It is the direct way to earn PWR Core: every kill and stage counts. Sorties inside cost no Credits or Fuel, enemies are tougher, and modules drop up to Legendary. Clears count as progress for levels 1–9. You still earn Credits and Fuel, can return to real space and re-enter while access lasts, and a defeat starts a short cooldown.

Scout · 100 PWR

1 h of deployed time (pauses when docked) · +10% enemies · Core ×1.5 · good from the start

Hunter · 150 PWR

1 elapsed hour · +20% enemies · Core ×2

Vanguard · 200 PWR

1 elapsed hour · +30% enemies · Core ×2.5 · Rare gear advised

Abyss · 300 PWR

1 elapsed hour · hardest mix · Core ×3 · Epic gear advised

One portal per tier per day; tiers unlock in order. Portal sales go 95% to the next epoch pool and 5% to the team, so portal players fund everyone's payouts. The team can run portal sales (a discount for a set time); the discounted price is what goes into the pool. A portal is a way to earn Core, not a guaranteed profit: your payout depends on everyone's Core and the pool. Provisional.

07 Contracts & Starbase

Contracts open when you clear Galaxy 3 (the same moment you join the epoch; no paid unlock needed): from then on they drop rarely from real-space stages (≈1% per stage, 10% galaxy boss; capped at 25%), and missions can be launched. Launch one with a pilot as a timed mission: success adds PWR Core to the current epoch, failure gives nothing. This is the free-to-play way to earn PWR. Five identical contracts combine into one of the next rarity.

Starbase: five buildings with ten levels each and real-time upgrades. Central Command caps the others; the Credit Exchange and Fuel Refinery produce Credits and Fuel while you are away; the Shipyard makes repairs cheaper; the Expedition Center unlocks resource expeditions (30 min to 12 h) that return Credits and Fuel. From level 4, upgrades also need Core. The Jobs list shows every running timer.

08 Chests & locked rewards

Chests come in five rarities. The server rolls the contents when you open one: Credits, Fuel and modules of the chest's rarity or one step below (free bag slots needed).

Chest	Credits	Fuel	Modules
Common	400–800	5–10	Common + 25% Uncommon
Uncommon	1,000–1,800	10–20	Uncommon + 50% Common
Rare	2,500–4,000	25–40	Rare + 60% Uncommon
Epic	6,000–9,000	50–80	Epic + Rare
Legendary	14,000–20,000	120–180	Legendary + Epic + 50% Rare

Epic Boxes · real space

Real space drops modules up to Rare. Your shot at an Epic there is the Epic Box: it drops from real-space enemies (0.2% per kill, +10% per galaxy, 20% from a galaxy boss), uses one bag slot, and is tradable on the Equipment market. Open it for one module, rolled by the server:

Simulation of 100,000 boxes: Epic in 6.0%; half of players see an Epic within 12 boxes, 90% within 38. About 1 box every 10 sorties in Galaxy 1 and every 5 in Galaxy 10. Boxes cannot be salvaged. Provisional.

• Farmed Credits and Fuel are free currency (bounties, clears, Starbase production). Only these can go to the Exchange.
• 🔒 Locked Credits/Fuel: starter Credits, chests and galaxy-boss rewards. They are spent first on anything inside the game (upgrades, level entry, repairs, unlocks, contracts, bag space) but never reach the Exchange or the marketplace.
• Ship-bound modules: galaxy-boss chest modules carry the boss's first-clear tag and cannot be traded. Arch Ship modules (later) are tradable.

09 Economy

Currency	Earned from	Spent on
Credits	Bounties, first clears, Credit Exchange, expeditions	Level entry, unlocks, repairs, buildings, contracts, recruitment, listing tax
Fuel	Fuel Refinery, combat, expeditions	Level entry, unlocks, contracts
PWR Core	Void kills and contract missions (one epoch pool)	Cannot be spent. Becomes PWR at 00:00 / 12:00
PWR	Epoch payouts, marketplace sales, referrals	Portals, ship orders, merges, late refreshes, marketplace buys
🔒 Locked Credits/Fuel	Starter Credits, chests, bosses	Anything in the game; never Exchange or marketplace

• Activation: before your first sortie, activate once: 1 USDC (test USDC in the sandbox) gives a Common Corvette and a Common pilot, starter Fuel and 2,500 locked starter Credits; or buy any Genesis ship, which includes activation. Signing in is free and stays signed in for 7 days on your device.
• Marketplace (Equipment, Epic Boxes and Pilots): listing costs a 5% tax in Credits up front (non-refundable). The buyer pays in PWR and the seller receives 100%. Ship-bound modules and Genesis ships cannot be traded.
• Referrals: a new pilot who signs in with your link gives you 5% of their PWR payouts (stated on the sign-in page) and gets +5% Credits and Fuel for 7 days.
• Daily rewards: a 7-day login streak (Credits and Fuel on Days 1–6, a Rare chest on Day 7; miss a day and it restarts). All daily rewards are 🔒 locked.
• Withdrawals (designed, not enabled): 105 PWR held → 1 USDC paid (5 PWR fee). Closed while a season is running.
• Credits and Fuel: a won sortie pays about 1.4× its entry Credits in Galaxy 1, rising to about 1.7× in Galaxy 10, before repairs. Fuel caps how many sorties you fly each day, so planning both is part of the game.
• Fair play: one epoch payout per person. Sign-ins record privacy-safe network and device signals (keyed hashes, never raw addresses). A quick security check (Cloudflare Turnstile, usually invisible) runs when a new wallet signs in, when a network is creating many accounts, and before a payment. Clusters of accounts are flagged, and their payouts are held until a review clears them or a ban forfeits them. Self-referrals are not bound, and
• Rankings: Highest Gear Power, Farthest Galaxy and Referrals. Practice balances are simulated and never imported.

10 Genesis Launch Pack

A one-time run of 150 Genesis ships, never sold again. Three things make them different:

• Traits you will never find on a normal ship. Every Genesis ship carries Genesis Modifications that do not exist anywhere else in the game.
• A bonus that stays forever. +3% to +10% loot and stats, for as long as you own the ship.
• An NFT you own forever. Each ship has a permanent serial (#001–#150) and can be claimed as an NFT in a later update.

You choose the tier (no random chest), and the ship arrives in your hangar immediately with activation included.

Uncommon · Nova

60 ships · 5 USDC · +3%

Rare · Viper

45 ships · 25 USDC · +5%

Epic · Falcon

30 ships · 50 USDC · +7%

Legendary · Warden

10 ships · 100 USDC · +10%

Genesis Modifications · only on Genesis ships, permanent

Each Modification has a rarity from combat testing: Common (Shield Reservoir, Recovery Cascade), Uncommon (Momentum Drive, Scatter Flak), Rare (Twin Warheads, Seeking Laser), Epic (Living Hull, Predator Circuit). The ship's tier caps what it can roll, with equal odds inside the cap: Uncommon ship Common–Uncommon (4 mods, 25% each), Rare up to Rare (6 mods), Epic up to Epic (8 mods, 12.5% each), Legendary up to Epic and rolls 2 different mods.

Rolled once by the server at delivery, tied to the serial, active only on the deployed ship (weapon traits need that weapon). Try any trait free in the Combat Lab. The Launch Pack runs on devnet with test USDC until the live sale opens; no NFT is created at purchase. Values provisional.

11 Funding

RIFT PILOTS launches without a token sale and without investors. The first reward pool comes from two published sources:

• After launch, 95% of PWR players spend funds the next epoch pool and 5% goes to the team.
• The launch seed is released gradually (for example over 14 days) so early players cannot drain it.
• Proof of reserves: the pool wallet will be published next to total player PWR.
• Running costs are paid from the team share, never the pool. A pool is not a promise: payouts depend on activity and can be zero.

12 Seasons

RIFT PILOTS is seasonal: each season (about 3 months) has its own theme, enemies and events. Plans may change before a season starts.

13 Coming later

Locked features are built or designed and switched on by feature flag at a later maintenance. Preview numbers are placeholders.

Also planned: equipment rerolls within each rarity's range, a Codex collection book with permanent bonuses, a Mythic tier with special skills, and Genesis NFT claiming with the same serial and perks.

14 Roadmap

1. Done: combat (AUTO/MANUAL, 500 stages), ships, equipment, pilots, Void, contracts, wallet sign-in, server-authoritative combat, devnet activation. October 2026: ten galaxy bosses, chests, locked and bound rewards, scheduled PWR payouts, referrals, rankings, the equipment marketplace, Jobs and away reports; the Arch Ship and Exchange built for later. Also: one epoch with a Galaxy 3 entry gate, free-to-play real space with contracts and tradable Epic Boxes, the Void as the direct Core route (drops up to Legendary), scaling by galaxy, held payouts for flagged accounts, Connect X and the new activation screen
2. Now: short test epochs on devnet (announced in the game, prizes paid by the team), then Epoch 0, the 5-day test event. No real money moves in the game; transfers disabled.
3. Launch · Season 1: everything above except the Arch Ship and the Exchange.
4. Update 1: the Exchange. Update 2: the Arch Ship. Update 3: rerolls, Codex and Mythic.
5. Update 4 · PvP, Update 5 · Space Guilds, Update 6 · Asteroid Territories Preview
6. Season 1 end: equipment reset with the 10-piece Stash; the planned USDC settlement only after mainnet, full backing and audits.
7. Later: Genesis NFT claiming; withdrawals and mainnet after a security review and audits.

15 Wallet, accounts & art

Your Solana wallet is your login (Sign-In With Solana, Phantom or any Wallet Standard wallet). Signing a message never moves funds. Sessions are server-side and revoked on logout. Every paid action has an operation ID, so a retried click never charges twice. Get Phantom.

Art & audio: AeroVanguard space-combat pack (ships, enemies, VFX), Screaming Brain Studios nebulae (CC0), Kibyra Sci-Fi Icons, a cyan pixel UI theme. Commander portraits and the music/sound set still need their commercial rights confirmed before release.

16 Terms & disclaimer

Every player accepts these on first sign-in. Short version: one person, one account, no exploits.

1. One account per person. No multiple wallets per player, account sharing or trading, or farming across accounts.
2. No exploits: no bugs, modified clients, scripts or bots (other than in-game AUTO).
3. Report what you find (in game: Community → Report a bug). Knowingly using an exploit, or not reporting one you know about, counts as exploiting.
4. Reviews: accounts flagged as possible duplicates have their payouts held until a review; a ban forfeits held payouts.
5. Zero tolerance: breaking rules 1–3 means a permanent ban. Bans are final.
6. Your wallet, your keys. We will never ask for your seed phrase or private key.
7. No promised returns. PWR is an in-game currency, not an investment; payouts depend on funded pools and may be zero.
8. Changes. This is a test before launch: progress may be reset and the game will change at launch. Changes to rules and balance are announced; continued play means you accept them.

RIFT PILOTS is in development. This whitepaper describes a working prototype and a test sandbox. It is not an offer of securities or an investment product. All numbers may change through balancing. No real-money transactions are enabled.