Stage 13

Stage 13 is the 13th Stage of Sky Force Reloaded and the last in the main sequence, and is home to the final known Boss, Omega.

Stage 13
Description
Prev. Stage	Stage 12
Next Stage	Stage B1
Boss	Omega
Survivors	14
Dispensers	3

Key Notes

• This Stage marks the first appearance of the Mystery AI's fleet of next-gen futuristic enemy rolling stock, feauturing the vast majority of those enemies.
• Several of the enemies in this Stage discharge a ring/radial swarm of projectiles upon their destruction, including the Supercharged Mantis Cannons, Energized Spider Railguns and Volatile Drones. Using an Energy Shield to cut through unharmed or Mega Bombs to blow them away is a good technique, as damage otherwise can be critical.
• Drones effectively take over Prop Planes as the prevalent flying enemies from this Stage onwards. They are a lot more durable and without a highly-enough upgraded Plane, they take longer to destroy.
• The Laser Drones are also what hinder a successful run for this Stage. Often with powerful Planes like the Gladius, Octopus or The Classic with its Laser Whip, the Drones can be instantly finished off with a blast of an MWS module supercharge, before they even begin to attack. With all of them shooting lasers in multiple directions simultaneously, it effectively forms a wall of almost instant fatality, and those lasers are strong enough to shatter any active Energy Shields.
• With all these more challenging enemies, it is important to rehearse as many times as possible on previous Stages and apply upgrades to your Planes' loadouts before attempting to face them head-on.
• It is also the Stage that features the cutscene played at the final known Boss's entry (Omega) where the doors of its hanger base open and it ascends out.
• As the final main Stage in the game, the credits roll (Which can be skipped) will be played at the end of the Stage after Omega is defeated. At the same time, the Nightmare Difficulty will be unlocked for all Stages that are perfected on Normal, Hard and Insane.

Enemies

Enemies	No. of enemies
Drone (Volatile: 2)	229 287 (Nightmare)
Large Volatile Drone	8 11 (Nightmare)
Laser Drone	6
Supercharged Mantis Cannon Turret	2
Energized Spider Railgun	3
Spinning Laser Turret	2
Spinning Cannon Turret	2
Plasma Cannon Turret	4
Drone Fighter	6
Total	262 323 (Nightmare)

Survivors

Stage 13 has a total of 14 survivors. Below are their locations in order:

Description	Location
1st and 2nd survivors: located right at the start of the Stage as a group in the middle of the screen. They share the same stone platform with two Supercharged Mantis Cannon Turrets.
3rd - 6th survivors: located in the middle of the screen as a group, near the underground bunker which opened up to reveal the Laser Drones. The two survivors who stand on top of the bunker itself will be separated and moved to the far edge of the screen as it opens, so try to rescue them as fast as possible.
7th, 8th and 9th survivors: the first one stands next to the first two Plasma Cannon Turrets on the left, while the others stand as a group in the middle on top of a bridge.
10th, 11th and 12th survivors: one of them stands on the far right side behind a Plasma Cannon Turret while the remaining two stands to the left side as a group on top of a bridge. They are located around a Mega Bomb dispenser.
13th and 14th survivors: located as a group in the middle of the screen, down in a bridge leading to the hangar of the Omega boss. Rescue them fast before the boss cutscene begins, as the Plane will have already fly past them when the scene is over.

Dispensers Locations

Stage 13 has three dispensers: one for Energy Shield, one for Mega Bomb and the remaining is a mysterious one for crate delivery.

The first dispenser is for Energy Shield on the right side of the screen. Note that the dispenser itself is a bait: there will be an ambush of a Space Invader style fleet of Drones and two Energized Spider Railgun.

The second dispenser for Mega Bomb resides in this lowered area on the right side of the screen, with the 4th Plasma Cannon Turret on its left side.

The final mysterious dispenser is on the far left side of the screen on this white platform, seen near the end of the Large Volatile Drones swarm.

Notable Quotes

Stage 13 contains the following quotes played in order.

"Stock up on power-ups.

Hell is about to break loose." - Operator; at the start of Stage

"[Omega] Unit ready to deploy." - Mystery Sentient AI; before the Omega battle

"I'm not one to panic easily but this is scary.

Good luck!" - Operator; start of battle with Omega