Once the act's theme starts to be heard from the Yamaha YM-2151, the big blue aeroplane from the end of the three previous acts will fly into view from behind you as the screen scrolls downward, then begins scrolling inward as two Atmospheric Airships come flying into view from behind you, while firing missiles at you (Vanguard's ship is, again, visible in the sky at this point); once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, two Mosquitoes will come flying into view from the left and right sides of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you've fired off enough shots at both of them to kill them, two more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view from behind you while firing missiles at you - and once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, five Zaku will drop down to the ground from the top of the screen and start firing shots at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, a third Mosquito will come flying into view from the left side of the screen, while firing missiles at you; once you fire off enough shots at him to kill him two Airship Zaku will come flying directly towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at both of them to kill them, three more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view from behind you, while firing missiles at you - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, three more Zaku will drop down to the ground from the top of the screen, and start firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, ten more Airship Zaku and a fourth Mosquito will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, five more Zaku will come leaping into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you. Once you've fired off a shot at each of these to kill them, the screen will begin scrolling to the left as four more Airship Zaku and three more Zaku come flying (and leaping) into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough shots at all of these to kill them, a Neo Arc police car will come driving into view from the right side of the screen. Four more Atmospheric Airships, two more Zaku and a Domu will then come flying and leaping into view from the right side of the screen, while firing missiles and shots at you; once you fire enough shots at each of them to kill them, a seventeenth Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at him to kill him, another Neo Arc police car will come driving into view, from that right side of the screen - and a twelfth Atmospheric Airship will then come flying into view on the right side of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at it to kill it, three more Airship Zaku will come flying down into view from the top and right side of the screen while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, three more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view on the right side of the screen while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, a third Neo Arc police car will come driving into view, on the right side of the screen - and four more Airship Zaku will then come flying down into view from the top and right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, four more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing missiles at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, a twenty-fifth Airship Zaku will come flying into view on the right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at him to kill him, seven more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view from the right side of the screen, while firing missiles at you - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, the screen will start scrolling inward again as Aggai (who must have been rebuilt for a second time after his initial defeat in the first act) comes hovering into view from its left side, and starts firing missiles at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at him to defeat him for the second (or third if you count his first appearance in 1990) time, he will explode and fall to the ground again; four more Zaku will now drop down to the ground from the top of the screen and start firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at each of these, to kill them, seven more Atmospheric Airships will come flying directly towards you, while firing missiles at you - and once you fire enough shots at each of them to kill them the screen will scroll to the left again, then start scrolling inward once again as two identical clones of Aggai (who must have been built after his aforementioned initial defeat in that first act) come hovering into view on the right and left sides of the screen to start firing more missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at both of these clones to kill them the screen will start scrolling outward as seven more Atmospheric Airships come flying directly towards you while firing missiles at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, the screen will jump over a building from behind as four more Atmospheric Airships come flying directly towards you while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, the screen will scroll to the right, then start scrolling inward yet again as you come to four more Atmospheric Airships that are firing missiles at you - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, four more Mosquitoes will come flying down into view from the top of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, two more Zaku will come leaping into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you; once you've fired a shot at both of these to kill them, the screen will start scrolling to the right again, as three more Mosquitoes come flying into view on its left side while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, you will come to fifteen more Zaku, who are firing shots at you - and once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, three more Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the left side of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, you will come to five more Zaku who are firing shots at you; once you have fired off a shot at each of them to kill them, two more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view on the left side of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at both of these to kill them, a twenty-ninth Airship Zaku will come flying into view on that left side of the screen, while firing shots at you - and once you have fired off enough shots at him to kill him, five more Atmospheric Airships will come flying directly towards you while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at each of them to kill them the screen will start scrolling inward for a fifth time as two more Airship Zaku fly directly towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough shots at both of these to kill them, a tenth Mosquito will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at him to kill him, two more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view from behind you while firing missiles at you - and once you've fired enough shots at both of these, to kill them, two more Zaku will drop down to the ground from the top of the screen, and start firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at both of these to kill them, an eleventh Mosquito and three more Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the left side of the screen, while firing missiles and shots at you; once you've fired off enough shots at each of these to kill them, a twelfth Mosquito will come flying into view on the right side of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at him to kill him, three more Mosquitoes will fly into view from behind you, while firing missiles at you - and once you fire enough shots at each of these, to kill them, the screen will crash through a second building. Once the explosion has cleared, the screen will crash through the back wall of the aforementioned second building; once the explosion has cleared, you'll come to six Mountains of Needles. Once you've fired a shot at each of them, to kill them, the screen will jump over a third building, then come to a barrage of six more Zaku who are firing shots at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of these, to kill them, three more Zaku will come leaping into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you fire a shot at each of them to kill them, the screen will jump over a fourth building, as two Innocent Bystanders run and skate into view from the left and right sides of the screen and the text "DON'T SHOOT" appears above them; you will then come to another barrage of six more Zaku, who are firing shots at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the screen will jump up over a fifth building, and come to a sixteenth Mosquito who is firing missiles at you - and once you have fired off enough shots at him to kill him, four more Airship Zaku and a seventeenth Mosquito will come flying into view on the right side of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, three more Zaku will come leaping into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, three more Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them a fourth Neo Arc police car will come driving into view from the right side of the screen - and a sixty-fifth Zaku and three more Atmospheric Airships will now come leaping and flying into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots and missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, the screen will start scrolling upward as four more Airship Zaku come flying up into view from its bottom while firing shots at you; once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them the screen will start scrolling to the left again as three more Airship Zaku and an eighteenth Mosquito fly into view on its right side, while firing shots and missiles at you. Once you've fired off enough shots at all of these to kill them, three more Atmospheric Airships will come flying directly towards you while firing missiles at you - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them a nineteenth Mosquito and two more Airship Zaku will fly up (and down) into view from the bottom (and top) of the screen, while firing missiles and shots at you. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, a twentieth Mosquito will come flying up into view from the bottom of the screen while firing missiles at you; once you fire enough shots at him to kill him four more Airship Zaku and two more Mosquitoes will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, ten more Atmospheric Airships will come flying directly towards you, as Vanguard's ship starts dropping ICBMs on the city below - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, a fifty-fifth Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at him to kill him, three more Atmospheric Airships will fly down into view from the top of the screen while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, two more Mosquitoes and a fifty-sixth Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen, while firing missiles and shots at you. Once you've fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, eight more Atmospheric Airships will come flying directly towards you while firing missiles at you - and once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them three more Airship Zaku and a twenty-fourth Mosquito will fly down (and up) into view from the top (and bottom) of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you. Once you fire enough shots at each of them to kill them, two more Mosquitoes will come flying up into view from the bottom of the screen, while firing missiles at you; once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, eight more Airship Zaku and a twenty-seventh Mosquito will fly into view on the right side of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at all of these to kill them, the screen will start scrolling upwards again as seven more Mosquitoes and fifteen more Airship Zaku come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing missiles and shots at you - and once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, you will come to twelve ICBM Launch Pads as they launch eight more ICBMs into the air. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them the screen will start scrolling inward for a sixth time as Vanguard's ship starts firing shots at you; four more Zaku will then come up on top of two more buildings, then jump down to the ground and start firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the double doors of the two buildings will open as eight more Zaku emerge from them and start running directly towards you while firing shots at you - and once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, the screen will start scrolling to the left once again, as four Kurage come running into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view on the left and right sides of the screen while firing missiles at you; once you fire enough shots at each of these to kill them, three more Atmospheric Airships and two more Mosquitoes will come flying into view from the right side of the screen, while firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at each of these, to kill them, four more Zaku will come leaping into view from the left side of the screen while firing shots at you - and once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two more Domu will emerge from the right side of an eighth building and start firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, two more Kurage will come running into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing shots at you; once you have fired off a shot at both of these to kill them, the double doors of the eighth building will open as four more Zaku emerge from it and start running directly towards you while firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at both of these to kill them, two more Zaku will come up on top of two more buildings, then jump down to the ground and start firing shots at you - and once you fire a shot at both of them to kill them two more Domu will emerge from the left side of the eighth building and start firing missiles at you. Once you fire enough shots at both of these to kill them, three more Zaku will come leaping directly towards you, while firing shots at you; once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, four more Kurage will come running into view on the left and right sides of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you fire off a shot at all of them to kill them, four more ICBMs will launch up into the air as a thirty-sixth Mosquito flies into view from the right side of the screen while firing missiles at you - and once you have fired enough shots at him, to kill him, a ninety-first Zaku and a Tarantula will come leaping and running into view from the left side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at both of these to kill them, the double doors of a ninth building will open, as four more Zaku emerge from it and start running directly towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, a ninetieth Atmospheric Airship will fly down into view from the top of the screen while firing missiles at you. Once you fire off enough shots at this to kill it, a thirty-seventh Mosquito and an eighty-third Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing missiles and shots at you - and once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, a ninth Kurage will come running into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at him to kill him, the double doors of the tenth building will open as four more Zaku emerge from it and start running directly towards you while firing shots at you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, a thirty-eighth Mosquito will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at this one to kill him three more Zaku will come leaping into view from the left side of the screen while firing shots at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, an eighty-fourth Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at him to kill him, the aforementioned big blue aeroplane from the start will come in to land, and the screen will start scrolling inward for a seventh time as it goes into it (yet again, there is no boss for this act); both players' scores (which were, for a fifth time, not displayed during gameplay) will then be displayed at the top of the screen under the text "1UP" and "2UP", and their hit/miss ratios on either side of the text "HIT RATE" above a shot of that unnamed Neo Arc female operative, as the theme you had been hearing from the Yamaha YM-2151 fades out. The text "REFUEL AND MOVE IT! GET INSIDE AND TAKE 'EM OUT." will also appear below the shot, before the usual text "REPAIRING DAMAGE" and "WEAPONS SUPPLY" is displayed - and Garcia and Cliff (who, yet again, have not been informed of "Today's Grievances" by the Neo Arc Police Chief), will then proceed onto the final act.
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