//Parkour & Traversal System

nu-Eden: Sundered Skies requires constant momentum. The traversal system is deeply integrated into combat and exploration, emphasizing verticality.

▸Core Movement Suite

Players chain these fundamental moves to maintain momentum multipliers:

1. ▪Wall-Running: Sustained lateral movement across flat vertical surfaces. Aiming down sights while wall-running triggers a slow-motion Focus drain.
2. ▪Air-Dashing: A multidirectional burst of speed. Costs a localized stamina gauge. Critical for crossing wide gaps in the Undercity.
3. ▪Slide-Cancel: Entering a slide while sprinting maintains momentum while significantly lowering your hitbox, making it highly effective against stationary turrets.
4. ▪Mantle/Vault: Automatically pull onto ledges. Doing this quickly is necessary to escape pursuit units.

▸The Skylift Grapple

A magnetic tether given to high-tier nERF operatives.

• ▪Anchor Points: Can grapple to designated magnetic pylons, drones, or large hostile mechs.
• ▪Whip-Kick: Reeling in toward an enemy target can be canceled into a high-damage melee execute (Whip-Kick) which restores health.
• ▪Pendulum Swing: Using the grapple as a physical pivot to swing around corners rather than retracting straight to the point.

▸Environmental Hazards

Traversal isn't perfectly safe.

• ▪Maborite Decay Zones: Areas that slowly drain max health if players spend too much time walking. Required traversing by staying off the floor (wall-running or grappling).
• ▪Static Lasers & Proximity Mines: Hackable or avoidable via precise slide-cancels.
• ▪Layer Transitions: Moving between the Core and the Heap involves high-speed freefalls where players must dodge debris and lock onto safe landing points before hitting the ground.