The Mosquito is a manually-guided missile gunpod. Each missile's direction can be controlled through the movement of the fighter, which makes it difficult to aim at longer ranges. It's damage is relatively high, and is known to appear only in the second half of stage 4.
At close ranges, it can be fired rapidly for extremely high damage in a short period of time. But, due to it's rarity and ammo limit for most ships, this technique is not viable in most situations.
Locations
- Stage 4: As you enter the factory area after the water section, maneuver to the very bottom path where you will come across several containers behind you. Destroying the bottom-most set of containers will release the Mosquito. It helps to use a gunpod that can shoot backwards (Spreader or Grenade), or you can use the manipulator or engine bursts as well.
- Stage 4: the red sliding mech that provides the second S. Bonus can drop a Mosquito, according to one guide, "with a probability of 1/64 ~ 1/3 depending on the number of plays". This is the only known "random drop" in the game.