So I've decided to add this to help out other looking to run Crying Suns. Never relly done this so if there are points I missed please let me know. Also this is just a beginners guide as I have only done the easy section so far, and as such is just a brief rundown of some of the strats that have helped shave off time.

SHIPS: I have run the story with the standard ship, It's ok but that's it, ok. Best one to start runs with is the Scrapper (Kaos class) as you have boomer drones and lots of them. I have given the void class ship (pirates) a shot and found them being close to the Kaos class due to starting with 6 ships, and thats 2 specials of each class (2 boomers, 2 magneto frigs, and 2 ghost fighters)

Officers: In easy mode, thing's can only help here, so go fighter speed and DPS. weapons take way too long to get going, and the hull is only there to last till cluster boss, then you can all but lose it in the final battle.

Course though cluster: try to get routes with few anomolies, and just scav the neo-N then push on, remember every second counts.

Key time savers tricks and tips: 1: Hold down spacebar through all text, and remember to un-check the "typewriter effect" setting, it only slows you down ( I hated this in Pokemon also)

2: Learn all the Hotkeys: You will kinda need to re-learn combat, as the "s" key can be used to get 2x(?) battle speed and pauses when not pressed, this makes combat a more set and run thing, then adjusting when needed by releasing "s" as this will go back to pause. and the 1 - 5 keys select the relevant unit on field

3: units will deploy from your ship. I usually hit the hotkeys to deploy my units, but you can just start the battle and so long as you have a unit docked in a bay, it will deploy next to your ship when it is ready. haven't done too much testing wether this is faster, just a thought for the community :)

4: Diisregard your hull during Cluster bosses, and throw everything to the wind. the run resets after this boss, so as long as you have 1hp and win, so hold nothing back, and remember that the AI likes to try and protect it's hull, so the best defence is a good offence.