Achievemnt name: Shooting Star
Achievemnt description: Attain the highest ranking in Time Attack mode

Achievemnt requirements: Recieve MASTER++ rank upon completing Time Attack.

Preparation (Get Type-Z):

First, I recommend you unlock the secret ship: Type-Z. This will make the Time Attack stage much easier. To unlock Type-Z, you must collect a total of 3 million :crimzonstar:

An easy way to get your 3 million stars is to go for the 1cc (1-credit-clear) on both boost and original modes (on novice difficulty) before attampting this achievement. You will naturally collect a lot of stars. They are not as hard as they seem and will teach you how to play the game through automatic learning (you will understand enemy movement, bullet patterns, enemy health, etc).

The highest ranking is MASTER++, and you need a final score of 75mil to get MASTER++

At the end of the Time Attack, you will get some bonuses:

No Lives Lost: 1,000,000

Stage Stars: # of stars x100

Time bonus: time remaining x1000

Break Count Bonus: Break Count x1000

Based on this info, we want to:
- Not die
- Get a lot of stars
- Beat the stage
- Increase the Break Count

I'm not going to get technical about this and give out specific/accurate numbers, because I don't need to. All you need to know is that when you kill an enemy, you get points. And there is also a multiplier you can get that will multiply the score you get from killing enemies by that amount.

The way you get the multiplier is simple. You need to kill enemies with your missiles in order to get a multiplier. The more missiles you use to kill enemies, the higher the multiplier will be. You can focus all missiles on a strong enemy and kill it, and get a max multiplier. Or you can focus all missiles on multiple enemies and kill all of them to get a max multiplier.

Fig.1

As you can see from fig. 1, you have the multiplier on the right side, a multiplier counter (in the blue square), and your missile capacity at the bottom.

Fig.2

Comparing fig.1 and fig.2, we can tell that the missile capacity increases during break and double-break mode. Here are the numbers for the missiles and the multipliers:

Normal: 24 missiles
Breaking: 28 missiles
Double-Breaking: 32 missiles

Normal max multiplier: x9.6
Breaking max mulltiplier: x11.4
Double-breacking max multiplier: x12.8

From this data, we can conclude that you want to be at double-break in order to set up the multiplier because we can get x12.8.

The number inside the blue square (Fig.1):

This counter will show when you have a multiplier. The counter will rapidly decay to 0 as time passes and when it reaches 0, your multiplier will reset to x1. You can increase this multiplier by killing enemies and breaking/double-breaking.

You want to have the multiplier as high as possible through-out the level for as long as possible. The sooner you double-break the sooner you can get the x12.8 multiplier.

If your multiplier resets, try to get it back to x12.8 as fast as possible. You don't actually need the multiplier to be at 12.8 the whole stage to get +75bill but it's ideal that you aim for this goal.

You want to kill the flying enemies AS FAST as possible. They come in waves, and the next wave comes after your current ends. The wave can end in 2 ways:

1. all enemies are destroyed
2. all enemies leave the screen

You want to kill as many enemies as possible to get a higher score, which means you want to kill the waves as fast as possible. FOCUS THE AIRCRAFTS. The spread damage will naturally kill most of the ground units. You can, however, use the ground enemies to get a x12.8 multiplier.

If using a bomb means staying alive (or maintain the multiplier alive) then USE A BOMB.

To maximize your score, you want to:

- stay alive (don't die)
- get lots of stars
- break/double-break as much as possible
- kill the aircraft waves as fast as possible
- have your multiplier at x12.8 for as much of the level as possible
- Kill the boss while you have a x12.8 multiplier (or deacently high). You can use the small planes to get a decent multiplier while you fight it.

- You DEFINITELY want to have your multiplier at x12.8 before you reach the section where the train wagons appear. The section between the sub-boss and the boss is where you will net the most points because there are tons of enemies here.

- Remember you get invincibility when you break/double-break. This is normally how you want to get the x12.8 multiplier:

Start locking-on to enemies -> begin break -> max out the lock-on meter -> break -> lock-on 4 more missiles (they become accessible as soon as you break).

I'll post my replay sometime in the future when I figure out how to record it and upload it on youtube. In the mean time, look at some of the already-available ones on youtube. Personally I studied a bit of all videos above 75bill I could find on youtube. Pay attention to where they break,

Hope this helps. Video w/ commentary coming eventually (disclaimer: it might take 3 years tho.. teehee)

Edit: Lost my replay file because I uninstalled the game, and when I went to re-install, replays were gone. Not gunna do a video guide because I'm not about trying to re-do the achievement.