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 *SE-11L's weapons are different. While it keeps Rafale's shot and gauge speed, it has F-2A's sub-shot, F-14's charge shot, SU-37's bomb and the movement speed has been slightly increased. Strong narrow shot and the best sub-shot against popcorn enemies makes it easily the second strongest ship in the game.
 *The first attack of the stage 1 boss is aimed with considerably more accuracy. It has several blind spots in ''Solite Spirits''.
-*The points were the bullets spawn during the first attack of the stage 6 are spread farther out. This make it easier to get into the safespot.
+*The spawn point of the bullets during the first attack of the stage 6 boss are spread farther out. This make it easier to get into the safespot.
 =====Other differences=====

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 [[File:Sspirits_boss6_safespot.png|right]]
-Safespot that makes the last phase of the final boss a non-threat. As the boss' only attack begins almost as soon as this phase starts, for most ships you'll need to use a bomb and move along the supporting planes until you get to it (F-22 can alternative use the time stop). Worst case scenario, dying will give you more than enough i-frames to get there as well.
+Safespot that makes the last phase of the final boss a non-threat. As the boss' only attack begins almost as soon as this phase starts, for most ships you'll need to use a bomb and move along the supporting planes until you get to it (F-22 can alternatively use the time stop). Worst case scenario, dying will give you more than enough i-frames to get there as well.
-With the faster ships (F-2A, SU-37, F-22, etc), you can reach the safespot without the use of a bomb, but the precise position and short time to get into it could lead to dying. If you have them, as the old saying goes, '''just bomb'''.
+With the faster ships (F-2A, SU-37, F-22, etc), you can reach the safespot without the use of a bomb, but the precise position and short time to get into it could lead to a death. If you have them, as the old saying goes, '''just bomb'''.
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 Another revision of the game with a unique logo drawn in a similar style to the 1945k III versions, copyright year 2000. More differences are unknown since there is currently no ROM dump of it.<ref>[https://aucview.aucfan.com/yahoo/k144308129/ Yahoo! auction for "Solite 2000"]</ref>
 [[Category:Bomb_mechanic]]
 [[Category:Medal_mechanic]]
 [[Category:Vertical_orientation]]

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 *The plane summoned by Rafale's bomb now fires.
 *There is an entirely new stage placed after stage 4 called '''The Fortress'''.
-*SE-11L's weapons are different. The sub-shot, charge shot and bomb behave like those of F-2A, F-14, and SU-37, respectively.
+*SE-11L's weapons are different. While it keeps Rafale's shot and gauge speed, it has F-2A's sub-shot, F-14's charge shot, SU-37's bomb and the movement speed has been slightly increased. Strong narrow shot and the best sub-shot against popcorn enemies makes it easily the second strongest ship in the game.
 =====Other differences=====
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 *'''Speed:''' Fast.
 *'''Shot:''' Narrow.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Same as F-22
 *'''Charge shot:''' Option stays in place firing. Initially it is a 3-Way shot, then becomes a 4-Way and at max gauge it is 5-Way lasers.
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 *Tornado is available by default in the ship select screen, making SE-11L the only hidden ship.
 =====Other differences=====
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 Seemingly no differences compared to the OPCX1 newer version.
 [[Category:Bomb_mechanic]]
 [[Category:Medal_mechanic]]
 [[Category:Vertical_orientation]]

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 This is a scoring bug that can be performed in a few sections. The points granted by it vastly overshadows everything else in the game, with even bad executions of it giving you about 3 millions, by comparison, a regular clear of the game is about 1.6-1.7 millions.
-'''Stage 2:'''
+====Stage 2====
 *First and foremost, this is '''exclusive to F-22''', no other ship can do it. At the end of the stage, use the charge shot against the mid-boss and pointblank it until the time stop ends. When done perfectly this is 2 millions points added to your score, but popcorn formations and HP management of the mid-boss make it quite difficult to achieve this consistently, usually leaving you 100k-200k below that threshold. Popcorn formations are random and often prevent you from getting close to the mid-boss, on top of it already having a short timer before it self-destructs. Colliding against an enemy will reduce the time stop's duration from 7 to 4 seconds, which makes the bug grant about 1 million points at best. Bombing nets you an extra 200k, but it may be a better idea to save that bomb for later.
-'''Stage 3:'''
+====Stage 3====
 *The bug happens in the boss itself. For whatever reason, the phase transition during this boss can only happen after it performs the laser attack. The bug occurs when the player has dealt enough damage to defeat the boss ''before'' this forced transition. Since this basically acts as a time limit, the general setup is to use a maxed charge shot and bombs to do as much damage as possible. Because the boss can be damaged as soon as it appears, maximizing the bug here means burning through your entire bomb counter for the vast majority of ships. For ships with poor crowd control and/or weak shot, it may not be realisitic to consistently survive the turret section right before this without using a bomb, on top of already being unable to use a charge shot, since the maxed charge shot is crucial to triggering the bug here unless your name is Tornado. Playing as Tornado is the most likely way a player would accidentally find this bug because with its high DPS, one bomb + using your charge shot just ''barely'' triggers it and gives you about 5 millions.
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 <youtube>mX6i_iBbSt0</youtube>
-'''Stage 4:'''
+====Stage 4====
 *After the second mid-boss, 3 "pillars" appear, simply keep shooting the left one and that's it. F-22 has an absolutely massive advantage during this section compared to all the other ships due to the time stop. The approach is the same as before where a maxed charge shot will increase how many points you earn here. As for bombs, because there is not a damage treshold to be reached and it's a much shorter time window before the pillar goes offscreen, you may consider this section not worth using finite resources.
 [[File:Sspirits_pillars.png|thumb|left|The pillars in question.]]

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 *'''Speed:''' Slowest.
 *'''Shot:''' Narrow.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Missiles that travel forward.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Fires a continuous wave beam.
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 '''Strengths:'''
 *Above average damage across the board.
-*Fills up the charge gauge quite quickly.
+*Fastest gauge fill speed.
 *At max power the missiles reload instantly, making pointblank exceptionally strong with this ship.
 '''Weaknesses:'''
 *Slowest speed and almost non-existent coverage, horrible combination to have in a game that spawns popcorn enemies as often as this one.
 *Bomb lasts way too little.
-*Generally difficult to do anything other than be bullied by popcorn enemies the entire game.
+*Technically, F-15 could be one of the best ships in the game, with high damage and charge shots readily available, but having to painstakingly sweep the screen with its slow movement speed make it ill-equipped for several sections.
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-*'''Speed:''' Slow.
+*'''Speed:''' Medium.
 *'''Shot:''' Narrow laser.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' 2 projectiles that travel forward.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Phoenix that pierces through enemies.
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 *Very long lasting bomb.
 '''Weaknesses:'''
-*The performance of the charge shot varies wildly depending on the size of the enemy. It will do little to no damage against enemies that are vertically small, or if said enemy simply moves out of the way. The same happens with the sub-shot, but since these are constantly reloading it isn't a problem.
+*The performance of the charge shot varies wildly depending on the size of the enemy. It will do little to no damage against enemies that are vertically small, or if said enemy simply moves out of the way. The same happens with the sub-shot, but since these are constantly reloading it isn't as much of a problem.
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 *'''Speed:''' Fast.
 *'''Shot:''' Narrow.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Homing boomerangs.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Fires a missile that explodes into a plasma orb once it touches an enemy.
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 '''Weaknesses:'''
 *Very finnicky charge shot. The missile is tiny and absolutely has to hit something otherwise the plasma orb won't activate.
-*Extremely slow gauge filling speed.
+*Extremely slow gauge fill speed.
 *Bomb deals no damage.
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 *'''Speed:''' Fast.
 *'''Shot:''' Narrow.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Orbs that move in a zig-zag pattern. At max power, they are a group of rotating orbs.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Drone that fires at enemies. When the gauge is full, 5 drones move in a circle around the screen.
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 *Charge shot is as simple as it gets, doesn't require any aiming and deals good damage even at the lowest level.
 '''Weaknesses:'''
-*Charge shot is also the only source of damage. Due to the lack of wide shot, moving all over the screen to get rid of threats is required.
+*Over-reliant on charge shots to deal with enemies effectively. Possibly the weakest narrow shot and sub-shot isn't that great either.
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 *'''Speed:''' Medium.
 *'''Shot:''' Wide.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Bullets fired diagonally in sets of 2.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Miniature F-14 stays in place firing. Higher levels increase the mini F-14 up to 3. Maxed gauge results in a single F-14 firing larger bullets.
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 *'''Speed:''' Fast.
 *'''Shot:''' Wide.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' 2 small missiles travel forward.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Time stop.
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 '''Weaknesses:'''
 *Time stop is simultaneously the best and worst asset it has. It doesn't remove bullets at all when used, and because F-22 is the third fastest ship unintended deaths can happen while maneuvering through frozen bullets. It is important to find moments that allow for pointblank but also a good pathway to back off before the time stop end. Also not useful for sections that spawn several enemies in a row, such as the turrent segment in stage 3.
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-*'''Speed:''' Fast.
+*'''Speed:''' Fastest.
 *'''Shot:''' Wide.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Homing orbs.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Option that stays in place using a flamethrower.
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 '''Strengths:'''
 *Fastest speed in the game. Has an easy time maximizing Bars/7 pickups, which is important due to the reasons below.
-*Another wide shot + homing combination.
+*Wide shot + homing combination. F-2A is unmatched when it comes to crowd control as the homing orbs will immediately sweep any popcorn enemies there are.
 '''Weaknesses:'''
 *Botched scoring potential due to [[{{PAGENAME}}#Other_bugs|the shot bug]]. If playing [[{{PAGENAME}}#Version_Differences|1945k III]], there is a very real chance of not being able to reach the second extend because of it.
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 ===Hidden ships===
-There aren't any secret codes to select either of the hidden ships. However, the random selection always highlights in the same order, being possible to develop a timing for it.
+There aren't any secret codes to select either of the hidden ships. The random selection (question mark symbol) always starts at SE-11L and goes through the rest of the ships. Therefore, pressing the A button as soon as the random selection is highlighted will guaranteed select SE-11L. Unfortunately, such a trick does not work for playing as Tornado.
 <h4><span style="display:none;">Tornado</span></h4>
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 *'''Speed:''' Slow.
 *'''Shot:''' Wide.
 *'''Sub-shot:''' Same as Rafale.
 *'''Charge shot:''' Fires several missiles forward.
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 Unlike Tornado, it doesn't offer anything unique and it is a clone of Rafale with a funny looking sprite. Everything described about Rafale applies to SE-11L.
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 ===Scoring bug===
-Scoring bug present in the stage 3 boss. For whatever reason, the phase transition during this encounter can only happen after the boss performs its laser attack. The bug occurs when the player has dealt enough damage to defeat the boss ''before'' this forced transition, causing the boss to instead award its destruction value (30k) every frame it is taking damage for the remainder of this phase. The general setup is to use a maxed charge shot + bomb, although due to damage differences not every ship will earn the same amount of points. For example, Tornado and F-22 can achieve the most out of this bug, while the Rafale is at a massive disadvantage because its bomb deals no damage.
+This is a scoring bug that can be performed in a few sections. The points granted by it vastly overshadows everything else in the game, with even bad executions of it giving you about 3 millions, by comparison, a regular clear of the game is about 1.6-1.7 millions.
-A demonstration of this bug can be seen here (timestamp '''6:00'''):
+'''Stage 2:'''
-<youtube>_7V_SrEQwSY</youtube>
+'''Stage 3:'''
 ===Other bugs===
 *Sometimes, the B button stops activating bombs, even if the player still has bombs in stock. This disappears after the player either loses a life or finishes a stage.
-*When playing as the F-14, crashing into an enemy will make the ship's sprite change to Tornado. This bug also happens with F-22, F-2A and Tornado.
+*When playing as F-14, crashing into an enemy will make the ship's sprite change to Tornado. This bug also happens with F-22, F-2A and Tornado.
-*There is a similar bug with the lives counter in the HUD. F-22, F-2A, Tornado all have the wrong ship icon, while the SE-11L doesn't even display one.
+*There is a similar bug with the lives counter in the HUD. F-22, F-2A, Tornado all have the wrong ship icon, while SE-11L doesn't even display one.
-*Enemies destroyed by the main shot of the F-2A don't grant any points. Does not apply to the ship's sub-shot.
+*Enemies destroyed by the main shot of F-2A don't grant any points. Does not apply to the ship's sub-shot.
 **The same bug happens with the missiles fired by Tornado's charge shot.
-*Slight graphical glitch in the cutscene after selecting a ship when playing as the SE-11L.
+*Slight graphical glitch in the cutscene after selecting a ship when playing as SE-11L.
 *Mashing the B button immediately after bombing will activate more than one bomb. Happens with F-15, F-14, F-2A and Tornado

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 ==Stages==

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 ==Version Differences==
-===1945K III===
+===1945k III===
 [[File:1945kiii_title_screen.png]]
-This is a later revision published by Oriental Software somewhere around 1999-2000 named ''1945K III''. Odd title considering there was never a 1945K or 1945K II released, and references to ''Solite Spirits'' remain in the screen between each stage. There are 3 versions currently dumped according to MAME: '''1945K III (older, OPCX1 PCB)''', '''1945K III (newer, OPCX1 PCB)''' and '''1945K III (newer, OPCX2 PCB)'''.
+This is a later revision published by Oriental Software somewhere around 1999-2000 named ''1945k III''. Odd title considering there was never a 1945k or 1945k II released, and references to ''Solite Spirits'' remain in the screen between each stage. There are 3 versions currently dumped according to MAME: '''1945k III (older, OPCX1 PCB)''', '''1945k III (newer, OPCX1 PCB)''' and '''1945k III (newer, OPCX2 PCB)'''.
 ====OPCX1 (older)====
 =====Gameplay differences=====
 *Two score-based extends have been added at 800k and 1400k points.
 *The plane summoned by Rafale's bomb now fires.
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 =====Other differences=====
 *Stage 1 has a completely different background and its name has been changed to '''A.D 2000 Beijing City'''. The enemy placement of the stage remains identical.
 *The charge gauge has a slightly different appearance.
 *All the aforementioned bugs in ''Solite Spirits'' related to ships changing sprites and incorrect HUD icons have been fixed.
 *The stage names now appear at the start of each stage instead of on a separate screen.
 [[Category:Bomb_mechanic]]
 [[Category:Medal_mechanic]]
 [[Category:Vertical_orientation]]