Empire of the Rising Sun

**Dev. Status** | Original units and building in-game

*"The days when you were crazy,*

*Are the fragments of your dream.*

*Collecting those fragments,*

*You'll awaken tomorrow.*

*I can see it, your courage."*

- *"Otokotachi no Nadesico"* - *"Men of the Nadesico"*
The **Empire of the Rising Sun**, also known as the **Empire**, the **Japanese**, or **Japan**, is a previously existing faction being expanded upon for Red Alert 3 Paradox. The original faction was designed and created by Electronic Arts.

The Empires manpower is naturally not as much as the one of the other factions. However to compensate for this, they developed advanced technologies and mechas, drones and massive robots to fight for them along with their warriors with the use of speed, amphibious assaults, and a powerful navy to outflank and outmanoeuvre their foes.

## Background

### The Winged Term, *Honour*

*"With enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is a true warrior who can master both."*

- Emperor Yoshiro
Late Emperor Yoshiro was a man of honour. A strong traditionalist, he followed the code of Bushido, the way of the samurai. He knew, with dedication, endurance, a sharp mind and a honourable way of acting as well as hard training, a warrior can reach victory no matter the odds. Self-sure, he placed his ideal above everything else, and formed the military in this way. He believed in the *divine destiny* which meant the Empire with him as the leader is supposed by the Gods to rule the world. Most of his commanders were Shogun themselves, knowing the way of Bushido, and transmitted this codex down to even the most common soldiers.

Crown Prince Tatsu, the only son of the Emperor, thought in a different direction. To him, it was not dedication of honour what mattered, but the force and number of the weapons of the warrior wielding them. This new-age thinking along with Tatsu's brilliant mind as an engineer and tactician often clashed with his father's beliefs.

The result was a combination of both traditionalism and technological advance. Weapons designed in the style of 100 years ago were combined with modern Nanotechnology, basic soldiers wielded both mid-ranged firearms and katana, Shinobi fought alongside unarmed men in white business suits and even women were seen on battlefields, or actually above them.

The military was by far and about the largest contractor and scientific drive in the Japanese community, which was almost completely isolated after the short appearance it made in World War II, where crude Mecha fought in a few battles alongside the Allied Nations.

### Imperial Shadow

*"You will bow before us or you will cease to exist!"*

- Emperor Yoshiro opening the attack
Forgotten from the outside world, the Empire underwent a dramatic inner change. Ever heavier militarized, even more so than say the Soviet Union, the mere bulk of willing soldiers grew every year by a large margin. The technology allowed it. Modern computer systems, utilizing a technology named *Integrated Circuit*, allowed computer systems to become smaller and cheaper while at the same time becoming more effective. Soon large banks of computers were installed all over the Empire, controlling nanobots and vehicles, production assemblies and household goods with a high degree of accuracy and they could easily be expanded.

Radio signals in the air, decoded by military structures, contain the data for Nanotechnology to form all the assets needed on the battlefield while Imperial men in the millions stand ready to serve and if necessary give their lives for the Emperor. Giant battleships, accompanied by small submersibles and amphibious tanks trained in the open seas around the Empire, while the scientific community created more and newer weapons for the warriors. Structures could be assembled in record time with Nanocores driving around in search for expansion posts, even on water. Giant artificial islands, some mobile, were built in underwater stations and outfitted with one of the most destructive technologies available, all the while remaining a secret to everyone else.

Shinobi and humanoid robots spied in the leading cadres of the world, changing and deleting information about the giant storm in the east, and while the Allied Nations and the Soviet Union were busy with each other a huge ambush plan was initiated. Then, when the Soviet Union was careless in its hour of victory, the Empire attacked like a tsunami with a wave of tanks by the same name, supported by the newest generation of Mecha, battleships and battalions of infantry already placed around the globe. No one noticed, no one expected, and no one survived the first wave. Taken completely by surprise, Emperor Yoshiro himself opened the first act of the Empire by giving a life video message to Premier Cherdenko of the Soviet Union.

The war for the *divine destiny* had begun.

### A Broken Dream

*"With enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is a true warrior who can master both."*

- Emperor Yoshiro
After the war, the Empire was in despair. Both Emperor Yoshiro and his only child, Crown Prince Tatsu, died in their own battles. With no members of the Imperial family left, a Shogun by the name of Shiro Kamina took over and became the new Emperor. Quickly lofted into the nation's hearts and minds, he was widely accepted into the position almost instantly, and things are looking on the up-and-up for the Empire for the first time since they entered the war.

But there is a lot of damage. The Empire has to work hard, now more than ever, to repel its numerous enemies. Most alarmingly, the new, strange army of the Atomic Kingdom of China seem hellbent on the Empire's destruction. Tensions with the Soviet Union remain high, and with Japan's entry into the international market it is facing stiff economic competition from the Mediterranean Syndicate.

### A New Peace

Unlike Yoshiro, Emperor Kamina tried to form a steady peace with the Allied Nations instead of only a cease fire, which the Allies thankfully accepted. Since then, many changes have occurred in the Empire, as the insular island nation has opened up to foreigninfluences and has also begun to make its presence felt on the world market. This does not mean that the Empire has become pacifist, or given up on its dreams of a world spanning Japanese Empire; the truth is quite different.

Emperor Kamina simply changed the agenda of the Imperial military into a defence force, so that instead of acquiring more land the military defends the Empire with its life. With the advice of Shogun Shinzo and under the leadership of young Kamina, the Empire will head into a new era of prosperity.

With the Allied Nations on their side, a heavy exchange of culture and goods has begun. Household goods have become less expensive, television becomes more widespread and western *exotic* clothes are becoming more common in the Empire. On the other hand, the Allied Nations become ever more heavily technologized, with the modern computer systems from the Empire, nanomachines reconstructing destroyed cities such as Berlin, London and Paris, and the overall way of Japanese life becoming increasingly famous in the western countries.

Only the stars know how the development of the world will continue on with this new relationship.

## Gameplay

### Drone Companions

Having advanced rapidly in the aftermath of WW3 thanks to economic booms the Empire have managed to mass produce small "helper" drones such as Repair Drones and Stinger Drones to be used as companions for all of their units in order to increase survivability and versatility produced within the Infantry Base. Compared to other units these drones are limited as they must stay within the radius of a building lest they shut down unless it use its secondary to attach itself to a unit. And if the unit its attach to would die it will sacrifice itself to ensure their host survival.

### Banzai Charge

In the aftermath of WW3 new reforms would see all soldiers and AIs of the Empire, old and new, be equipped with a small company of point defence drones, essentially giving them a shield, and are taught to retreat or charge once it breaks. All Empire units now have wielding and whenever it breaks Empire units temorarily gains a boost to their stats, mainly speed, and regeneration. Buffs only refreshes once shielding is back to 100%.

## The Imperial Armada

*"Just as there is one Sun in the sky, so too is there one Empire. And under that one Empire, there is one Nation of people. And to protect that nation, there is the Defence Force. See the rows upon rows of loyal warriors, each one the pinnacle of their position within society! See the shining Mechanicals and Armoured Divisions, their paint bright and their banners gleaming with the light of the Sun! Listen to the roar of the glorious Imperial Airforce and the ripples left in the wake of the Imperial Navy, and know that together they will overcome any obstacle. Everything is in its place, and like a great machine it all comes together into one vast whole."*

- *Opening broadcast of the "Imperial Defence Force And You" show, which instructs and teaches Imperial subjects about proper interaction with soldiers and military officials.*

### Special Attack Unit

Prisoners on death row (or just prisoners in general), soldiers/people of the Empire too old to fight, otakus and similar wastrels forcefully conscripted and proved too incompetent to become soldiers, soldiers too crippled to fight anymore (even with cybernetics), or even people who want to die and at least contribute to the Empire while doing so. The Special Attack Unit has these people pilot fast, amphibious, vehicles/equipment loaded to the brim with explosives. Their mission is to use themselves as bombs to either start an attack or hold off the enemy for the rest to retreat. Because of this role, their vehicle/equipment are lightly armour and they can't gain veterency (since they'll be dead either way).

### Construction Units

(*Produced at the Construction Yard*)

 File:IconEmpireCollector.png | Daikoku | Intended to collect ore to fund the Empire's war effort, the Imperial Daikoku ore collector can switch to combat mode if it is attacked, gaining an anti-infantry machine gun and a shield, but dropping half its ore in the process.