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Ship control has been optimized for performance! You can "stop on a dime" to strafe enemies or move up and down, you can also "bolt" in the opposite directions to avoid crowded situations and even combine techniques! Experiment and learn! Stay on the "offensive!" Completing the waves quickly will reduce the need to transfer precious energy; which must be conserved! Destroying "Air Enemies" at close range can be dangerous as they emit a slow-moving shot that is sometimes difficult to spot from an exploding enemy! Beware the Water Walkers! They fall from the sky, jump over cities and worst yet, fire a "Lightning Ball" that is aimed directly at your ship! Enemy fire will disappear once you leave the screen - you can tactically "jump" away and then return to their proximity to safely reduce them to atoms! Keep an eye on your radar! Especially in the higher-number waves - enemies move faster and are more aggressive, making it easier to ignore other enemies entering the battle from above. Do not let the Water Walkers hang out on the screen with you too long; remember you can "cancel" enemy shots by jumping off the physical screen for a moment. Both Water Walkerss and Air Enemies can be "conjoined" - meaning that they are layered upon one another; Air Enemies are conjoined very rarely, but when an air enemy shoots two flares side by side...DEAD GIVE-AWAY! Conjoined enemies can be of the same aggression, but of different "metal" - so if you are maintaining a chain bonus "streak", you may want to let those particular enemies dive; though you can always take the chance and shoot it (them) and see which color is destroyed first! This happens more frequently during the later waves. Every wave has a free shield cel hidden in an enemy; Usually a straight-flying Air Enemy holds a "Shield Cel", but sometimes that Shield Cel is hidden in a a Water Walker...just going about its usual business. Bombing is a terrific way to destroy enemies; when you bomb an enemy it does not affect your chain score, in effect it is a "neutral" weapon. Unfortunately, this also means that you will not be rewarded a Sheild Cel if you bomb an enemy that is holding one - only shooting those enemies will reward a cel. If you arre trying to clear the game with one credit, you really do not want fly around with just ONE shield-cel; you can scan the mini-map to find a straight-flying enemy, but do not put yourself in harms way trying to get there - be patient and you will usually get to it before it dives...usually. BEWARE! Enemy flares hiding in explosions, in front of the mountain range and the moon...this also applies to some air enemies - like the Gravitines, Sonads and Wintoks. In the later stages, enemies move faster and dive more often; this means that they will be descending from the top of the screen faster and more often. It is understandable if you need to recharge your ship and/or a city, but it is not adviseable to do it at a high altitude!