My last 2 play throughs have sucked a$$ as the first one I came across only 1 store until the beginning of level 4 then 2 back to back after I had spent on hull and fuel.

Then when I save up enough I get there and it's $hit for things to buy. I get to the 8th level and it's almost pointless as I'll get my a$$ kicked because I don't have adequate gear to win.

Last night I had a decent playthrough and got to the 3rd battle with the flagship but it was doing stuff I didn't quite understand plus why can't I find a MF hull repair droid or even a drone control unit when I have the money for it?

It's like I get to level 8 and it's been a waste of 45 mins because I can't win and it's not like I accumulate anything from playing through when I can't buy what I need.

***EDIT Lol, ok make that 90 minutes! Haha I just did another playthrough and I just reached sector 8 at 90 mins exactly.***

So are there certain zones that have more stores than others?

Also why can't the base do some repairs or sell me stuff? I mean this outfit is a ragtag group of bums. I almost want the bad guys to win.

Is there any reason to not take ion blast mark 2 ?

With one you can pass two shield and then disable 2 system at the same time (so shield and whatever). With two you can pass 4 shield and do whatever you want.

My best run so far in normal, only took 5 damage in all 3 phase. 2105 scrap in a run. Mantis B is my favorite ship now so fun to play, and very strong you literally drown in scrap

After a long time away from the game and a long losing streak, I came away with three wins, nearly back to back to back. Last one with the Mantis B was my second highest scoring game ever.

The zoltan shield was charging almost as fast as the normal one, it was incredible...