Red Alert 3 - Imperial Mission 4 - Pearl Harbor

* It is not necessary and perhaps even counterproductive defending the two Imperial Harbors to the west. To win the mission, it is only necessary to defend the three Monuments further east.

* It is only necessary to use the two Engineers provided at the beginning of the mission to capture the two western Radar Towers. The eastern commander will both capture and defend the eastern Radar Tower. (At least in the early part of the mission.)

* Use your initial five Defender Cores to surround the two westernmost Radar Towers. They will do 90 percent of the work in obtaining the bonus objective of defending the Long-Range Radars.

* The initial objective of defending Pearl Harbor can be accomplished by simply building and utilizing Striker-VX units. Just avoid Hydrofoils at all costs! Stay active with one group of Strikers to defend the eastern commander's base, while using a second group to attack stragglers on the western portion of the map.

* In the second half of the mission of destroying the Allies' base, recruit numerous Mecha Tengus to defend your newly arrived fleet from Cryocopters. They can shrink your Shogun Battleships to insignificance.

Mission Objectives:

* Defend Pearl Harbor.
* Destroy the Allies' Assault Base

Bonus Objectives:

* Capture the Long Range Radar Towers.
* Defend the Long Range Radars.

Walkthrough:

It is necessary to defend the three eastern monuments for 12 minutes 30 seconds to achieve the first mission objective. The two western Imperial Docks highlighted with the green "1" can be destroyed by the Allies and the mission will not be lost.

Utilize the two Engineers provided to capture the two westernmost Radar Towers. Send and deploy two of the Defender Cores to one of the Radar Towers and three to the other. They will allow you to achieve the second bonus objective of protecting the Radar Towers.

Most of the twelve minutes can be spent hovering with your Striker VXs over your co-commander's base. It will be a target rich environment and it is quite enjoyable blasting through the attacking Assault Destroyers, Riptide ACVs, Dolphins and, finally, Aircraft Carriers.

Just avoid the Hydrofoils, if humanly possible. Hopefully, they will eventually wander into trouble on their own. If necessary, gang up on them with your Strikers en masse.

The Aircraft Carrier attacks are more coordinated with these Hydrofoils, so use due caution. It is still necessary to aggressively attack the Carriers, as they will directly target the Monuments.

Create a second group of Striker VXs and send to the western part of the map to take care of various attack groups in the area and to protect the Defender Turrets that are, in turn, protecting the Radar Towers.

Five Naginata Cruisers will join your forces midway through the countdown. Park them in front of your co-commander's base, as that is where most of the action will be taking place.

At about this time, if not sooner, send over a Defender Core to help protect the eastern Radar Tower. Also, positioning a Striker VX over this easternmost Radar Tower will help keep it safe.

Keep an eye for an MCV floating down the far eastern side of your screen. Knocking it out is a good idea.

Once the timer counts down, you will have achieved the objective of defending the Radar Towers. BUT if a Radar Tower is captured during the second half of the mission, the bonus objective will come unchecked. Destroy all structures on the mainland ASAP to help prevent this from happening.

Having successfully defended Pearl Harbor, a large Imperial naval fleet will join your forces, beefed up with four Shogun Battleships. With this force, you can blast apart the Allied Assault Base with just a few precautions taken.

Before attacking full force with your new reinforcements, build up a fleet of Mecha Tengus to protect the Shogun Battleships from Cryocopters. The Cryocopters will shrink the Battleships to a point of insignificance and can be destroyed. You don't want that to happen.

Have your five other Naginata Cruisers join the armada, along with the Mecha Tengus and Strikers. Give separate hot keys to your Shogun Battleships, Naginata Cruisers, Tengus and Strikers. Lead the attack with the Shogun Battleships, with the rest of your units providing protection for them, as necessary.

The quicker you take care of business, the fewer units you will have to contend with. If your naval fleet is overrun by Cryocopters, the mission can still be lost. The Allies still have quite a few funds to expend on their own reinforcements.

It is not necessary to destroy all Allied units to win the mission, but only all base structures, including some that may be built on the mainland.

Mission accomplished!