One of the few missions I recorded before Mission 1 along with mission 20 XD. not my highest score, but My strategy is down below if you're having trouble~
Strategy:
Go after the drones that are packed together from behind! like those F/A-18's following Su-57. kill as many enemies as you can! wipe them all off the map.
To easily sneak up behind them, use a stealth aircraft with stealth part. usually they won't notice or ignore you completely if you approached them from behind.
be wise in using your Missiles...as they are limited. this mission needs a high score to get an S.
When you reached 17,000 Points in the first phase, CALAMITY will spawn.
But get to 18,000 Points instead before you fly towards South East to kill CALAMITY. reason being, it's so that you can kill TEMPEST easily right after you killed CALAMITY. as you need 20,000 Points to summon him.
Just go fly straight head on to TEMPEST on your way back to the ISEV and shoot.
After you killed CALAMITY AND TEMPEST, go with the usual till countdown reaches 0.
And so the second phase start.
My Goal here is to reach 37,000 - 40,000 points or more before Arsenal Bird Shield is downed by the Princess. There is a trick here to kill many drones easily.
The drones tend to follow the Arsenal Bird in group and just fly idle.
making it easy for you to shoot them from behind.
So if you're stuck in a dogfight, just get out of the dogfight and wait till all the drones are flying idly towards the Arsenal Bird, then shoot them all down.
if you managed to do that (Getting 37k - 40k points before the shield is gone), the last phase should be easy. just destroy all Arsenal bird parts fast enough and reach at least 52k Points to get S rank. those Main Propellers are worth high points...and you can destroy them over and over again. so there you go ;D.
Be mindful of the timer countdown. if you took too long you won't get S rank even if you reached the highest score possible.
Total Result and Time:
Score: 54,050
Total Time: 17'40"75
Aircraft Used :
F-35C With 4AAM
ACE Pilots :
1) SU-57 CALAMITY at 8:19
Spawn Requirement:
Earn about 17,000 points in the first phase of the mission. CALAMITY spawns far southeast of the space elevator and flies south and will eventually hold position outside of the map edge, but within range of long range weaponry, such as the EML. Since the Su-57 is stealth, CALAMITY will not appear on radar unless you get close to him.
2) F-22A TEMPEST at 9:17
Spawn Requirement:
Earn about 20,000 points in the first phase of the mission. TEMPEST spawns southwest of the space elevator and will begin engaging allied aircraft, but will prioritize Trigger if he is within about 30,000 feet.
