Howdy~ I can't seem to figure out the best strategy for beating this level. I get to the show down with the ace & can't beat her... any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

just gain some distance and launch 1 volley of missles at a time and when missles are fired realise decoys from fighter plane mode when out of missles switch to battleoid mode and shoot down missles then back to fighter plane again

Like he says.. just stay in Jet mode for almost the entire time. She is pretty hard to beat the first couple of times.. but once you get the hang of it she actually isn't that hard at all.

I think it was a stale-mate... I fought her off & gave her mass damage but never destroyed her, just as i was moving in for the kill, the game cut to a animaee short movie_ I completed the mission and moved on. Anyone actually blow her up?
thanx all

it's impossibe to actually kill her, cause it's part of the storyline. i stayed in jet fighter mode through the whole battle, basically i tracked her with my gun and let off a volley of missiles every time i saw her at a distance. transform and you'll probably take too much damage.

for the second fight, i stayed in guardian and kept my finger on boost, always moving. i basically fired my missiles once about every 3 or 4 seconds and blasted relentlessly with my rifle whenever she was in view (don't worry about overheating, just stop firing when she moves off screen, which is constantly.