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Veil: asymmetry as an economy

confirmedPatch 11.75Build a7b5c7cCore rulesReviewed
Patch
11.75
Build
a7b5c7c
Scope
Core rules
Reviewed

Veil’s current infrastructure includes Nightspire, Nyxvault, Gloamwell, Whisperway, Duskshroud, Duskbattery, Nocturnal Slipway, Umbral Drydock, and Rift Ruinery. Evidence

Veil strategy favors asymmetric launch positions, concealed intentions, and selective fights. Exact culture bonuses, Eldritch upgrade costs, and roster values are world-sensitive and must be read from the active Codex before committing resources. Evidence

Infrastructure roles

Nightspire is the Veil central structure. Nyxvault and Gloamwell fill the two capacity roles; Whisperway is logistics; Duskshroud is defensive infrastructure; Duskbattery supplies static attack; Nocturnal Slipway and Umbral Drydock build the light and heavy families; Rift Ruinery is the siege structure. Evidence

Planning implications

Veil’s strategic value comes from preserving uncertainty and selecting the engagement. That still requires sustainable Astra, mission-specific support hulls, and a route that does not isolate the launch base.

Active-world check

Treat named abilities, diplomatic effects, upgrade costs, and ship statistics as live-world data. Confirm them before using a plan copied from another campaign.

Evidence

Sanitized transcripts from the current client. Raw player captures remain private.

  1. Installed client identityThe installed Windows client reports patch 11.75, build a7b5c7c, built 2026-07-31 15:16:13 UTC.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-08-01 · Riftborne.exe --build-info and Content/build_info.json.
  2. Current economy and storage implementationProduction, storage capacity, upkeep, hidden-resource, and transmutation behavior is taken from the executable paths used by the running client.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Read-only inspection of BuildingConfig and EconomySystem.
  3. Current culture-specific building namesThe current client maps Astraean storage to Solvault and Heliovex, Varkon storage to Skarncache and Voltforge, and Veil storage to Nyxvault and Gloamwell. Astraean static attack infrastructure is named Solis Battery.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Read-only inspection of BuildingNamingSystem in the installed client.
  4. Current building effectsThe first culture-specific storage building adds capacity for Vulkron, Aurelite, and Deuterium; the second adds Astra capacity. Solis Battery adds flat attack against light and heavy hulls and remains active while standing.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Read-only inspection of BuildingConfig.GetEffects and the current Codex renderer.
  5. Current fleet and movement implementationFleet role, movement, infrastructure, and roster statements are limited to behavior exposed by the current client implementation and Codex.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Read-only inspection of ShipTravelSpeedSystem, ShipInfrastructureSystem, and Codex ship screens.
  6. Current combat, raid, siege, and espionage implementationPublished combat statements are limited to behavior used by the current CombatSystem and the Codex. Power is an estimate rather than a fixed conversion from ship count.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Read-only inspection of CombatSystem and SiegeTargetCatalog.
  7. Active multiplayer-world boundaryThe multiplayer operator owns the world seed, pacing, simulation time, factions, global modifiers, and ship roster. World-specific values must therefore be labeled separately from core rules.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Current multiplayer client contract and read-only world/session telemetry.