Before the Hallowed Tomb

	The following is based on the Imperial campaign of Red Alert 3: Uprising and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

Before the Hallowed Tomb Chronology Previous Greed of the Vanquished Next Blood in the Water Details Part of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising Date(s) 1986 Location Emperor Yoshiro's Tomb, Oki Island Outcome Imperial victory

Belligerents Empire of the Rising Sun Soviet Union Allies Objectives Protect Yoshiro's tomb Sink the Soviet navy Destroy Allied outpost Destroy Imperial presence and Yoshiro's tomb Hold on the outpost for additional vehicle reinforcements Commanders Imperial Commander Crown Prince Tatsu Nikolai Moskvin Giles Price Forces Imperial arsenal including the Steel Ronin and Archer Maiden Soviet naval force of Dreadnoughts, Stingrays, Bullfrogs and an MCV Multigunner IFV transports Pacifier FAV prototypes Small outpost Casualties Moderate Most of the naval force Heavy Vehicles stolen by Imperial forces Outpost destroyed

Before the Hallowed Tomb was the second mission in the Imperial perspective of the Uprising. It depicted the Empire's defense of their late Emperor's tomb against the Soviet aggressors.

Background

After the Empire's loss in the last war, the Soviet Union took advantage of the Allied occupation of Japan by forcibly acclaiming Sakhalin Island for themselves. This however was thwarted by an Imperial commander who assisted Kenji Tenzai with captured Soviet arsenal.

However the Empire could not rest as Prince Tatsu reported that Soviet Commander Moskvin would attempt to build a naval base at Emperor Yoshiro's tomb, a clear insult to the Empire. Tatsu sent the Imperial Commander to repel Moskvin before he added insult to injury.

Defense of the tomb

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Ahem, excuse me. It seems we have a missing few vehicles on my base, you wouldn't happen to know what happened to them… do you? - Giles Price fears his vehicles are at the outpost, but it's all gone.

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Hijacking the Pacifier FAVs

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We claim these tanks in the name of the Empire! - Imperial soldier, claiming on garrison Allied Pacifier FAVs

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Since the Allied occupational forces did not help the Empire in repelling the Soviets out of Sakhalin Island, Tatsu felt that the Empire should not ask them for more help and began to act independently. Using an infantry squad led by Archer Maidens, they attacked a small Allied outpost that housed unmanned Pacifier FAVs.

Killing the small Allied force there before the distress signal was sent out, they stole the Pacifier FAVs and other Allied assets, prompting Giles to contact the Imperial Commander if he knew where the Pacifier FAVs were.

The Imperials positioned the artillery pieces at key positions on the water passage between the islands to ambush the Soviet naval force. As they waited for the Soviets to arrive, Tatsu granted the Commander the use of the new Steel Ronins that were guarding the Emperor's tomb, apparently inert.

Ambush!

With the Pacifiers in position, Moskvin's navy arrived on cue. As they headed down to the water passage, the Pacifiers opened fire, targeting the Dreadnoughts first before taking out the escorts. A few Stingrays managed to get ashore and attacked the tomb but were cut down (literally) by the Steel Ronins. Unfazed by the Imperial ambush, the surviving force retreated away from the islands and regrouped to establish a base to root out the Imperials. By this time an MCV had already been sent so the Imperial commander could stage a counterattack.

Eliminate the insult

As each Soviet raid on the tomb was repulsed, the Empire built its own navy at the same time. As the Soviets constructed a base on the water it would be a naval battle, something that the Empire excels at. Sure enough, as the Yari subs clashed with the Akula submarines, the Naganita cruisers and Stingrays traded fire and the Shogun Battleships besiege the Soviets at long-range, it was indeed the Empire who emerged victorious and sent Moskvin packing.

Aftermath

With Moskvin retreating the Empire of the Rising Sun showed they were capable of repelling any attack without Allied help. Tatsu then decided to punish the Soviet warlords by targeting Vladivostok.

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War of the Three Powers Allied Ride of the Red Menace • The Shark and the Lure • The Famous Liberation • Enemy of our Enemy • The Unfathomable Fortress • A Monument to Madness • Forever Sets the Sun • The Great Bear Trap • The Moon Shall Never Have Them Soviet The Shrike and the Thorn • Circus of Treachery • Taking Back Ice-Harbor • March of the Red Army • The Science of War • No Traitors Tomorrow • To Tame a Living God • The Stone-Faced Witnesses • Blight on the Big Apple Empire The Death of Father Frost • To Conquer Shattered Spirits • Behold the Mighty Saint of Swords • Graveyard of a Foolish Fleet • Assault on the Black Tortoise • Rage of the Black Tortoise • Barbarians at the Bay • Crumble Kremlin Crumble • The Last Red Blossom Trembled   Uprising Allied End of Tradition • A House Unfit for Rebels • The True Shogun's Stand Soviet Raid on Lost Castle • Schemes of the Intruders • A Much Brighter Future • As Time Stood Still Empire Greed of the Vanquished • Before the Hallowed Tomb • Blood in the Water Yuriko Final Exam • The Traceless Massacre • Ruin and Reunion