Hover Vessel (often abbreviated) as "HV" is the most basic transport vessel of Empyrion: Galactic Survival. It can hover up to 3 meters above the ground and can jump a short distance using boost (shift+space <default>). It is also amphibious. It cannot leave a planet on it's own but can be docked with a Capital Vessel to move between planets.
Building a Hover Vessel
- Start with a Hover Vessel Starter.
- The starter can be placed anywhere except space (trying to place in space shows error message).
- Following are the essential devices for a hover vessel to function:
- Hover Engine (comes with the starter block)
- Cockpit
- RCS (HV)
- Generator
- Fuel Tank
- 4 Thrusters (for left, right, forward and backward thrust.)
There are many more functional devices, building blocks and decoration blocks that can be placed on a hover vessel, which can be found here. Parts which can be attached to a hover vessel are marked by a blue dot in the top section of the part's tile in the constructor menu.
To learn more about building a functional HV, click here
Uses
- Components for hover vessel can be unlocked at low levels, so they can be built early.
- HVs consume very little fuel which makes them ideal for early game exploration when fuel is scarce.
- Though the HV does not have many Vessel Mounted Weapons, it has a good selection of automatic turrets which help defend it and its occupant while mining or during base raids. It has an advantage over Small Vessels for this reason.