21 / Airborne encounters
Gale Riders
A harbor beyond the wind.


INSIDE THE GAME
Cross eight air corridors with Mira. Coins and energy grow the flight amount; a gust halves it. Reach the harbor to receive a payout.
The flight starts at 1× stake. In each of eight corridors the craft and object independently choose one of five equally likely altitudes. Contact probability is 20% per corridor. An object that passes by does not change the amount.
Object distribution: 50% coin (+0.25× stake), 10% energy (+1× stake), 10% double (current amount ×2), 30% gust (current amount ÷2). A gust rounds down to the nearest 0.25× stake unit. The amount can grow again from zero.
After the eighth corridor, the independent landing probability is 76.3664%. A successful landing pays the current amount; a failed landing pays zero. Encounters do not affect landing probability. Maximum 256× stake. There is no in-flight cashout or steering.
