Editing Battle of Mombasa

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|image=[[File:Battle of Mombasa compilation.jpg|301px]]<br>Clockwise from top left: [[M12B Warthog]]s drive along a ruined highway in [[Old Mombasa]]; [[civilian]]s fleeing by [[Human marine craft|watercraft]] during the battle; an image of [[John-117]] taken by [[Benjamin Giraud]] during the battle;  elements of [[Alpha-Nine]] observing a {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} at the conclusion of the battle; the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' jumping to [[slipspace]] over the city; a [[Type-47A Scarab]] destroyed in Old Mombasa.

|result='''[[Covenant]] victory'''

*2+ [[aircraft carrier]]s{{Ref/Map|Id=longshore|Game=Halo 3|Map=Longshore}}

*1 stolen [[Type-52 Phantom|T-52 Phantom]]{{Ref/Reuse|kikowani}} {{c|Post-Slispace}}

**3+ {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|kikowani}}{{Ref/Reuse|firsttwelvehours}}

***Multiple {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}}

**Numerous [[Phantom gunboat]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Id=ss3}}  

**Numerous [[Type-52 Phantom|T-52 Phantoms]]{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}

**Numerous [[Type-28 Spirit|T-28 Spirits]]{{Ref/Reuse|Id=ss1}}

***Numerous [[Type-26A Banshee|T-26A Banshees]]{{Ref/Reuse|metropolis}}

***Numerous [[Type-26B Banshee|T-26B Banshees]]{{Ref/Reuse|opa}}

***Numerous [[Type-26C Banshee|T-26C Banshees]]{{Ref/Reuse|kizingoboulevard}}

**2+ [[Type-47A Scarab|T-47A Scarabs]]{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}

**Multiple [[Type-47B Scarab|T-47B Scarabs]]{{Ref/Reuse|kikowani}}{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}}

**Numerous [[Type-48 Weevil|T-48 Weevils]]{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}

**Numerous [[Type-26 Wraith|T-26 Wraiths]]{{Ref/Reuse|metropolis}}

***Several [[Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Wraith|T-52 AA Wraiths]]{{Ref/Reuse|Id=kikowani}}  

**Numerous [[Type-32 Ghost|T-32 Ghosts]]{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}

**Numerous [[Type-29 Shadow|T-29 Shadows]]{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}  

***2+ [[Type-47A Scarab]]s{{Ref/Reuse|metropolis}}

***1+ [[Type-47B Scarab]]{{Ref/Reuse|kikowani}}

{{Quote|This is the only place on [[Earth]] the [[Covenant]] decided to land. That [[Prophet of Regret|Prophet]] is going to tell us why.|Admiral [[Terrence Hood]]{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}}}

On October 20, during the opening stages of the [[Battle for Earth]], a single {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}, the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', broke through the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]'s defensive lines and headed towards Earth's atmosphere.{{Ref/Level|H2|Cairo Station}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}} The ship slipspace jumped down to the city of [[New Mombasa]] in the [[East African Protectorate]].{{Ref/Reuse|sscirc1arc2}} There, the ship came to rest over the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]] deploying infantry and mechanized support.{{Ref/Reuse|upliftreserve}} One of the Covenant's first targets was the Mombasa [[Maglev train]] network.{{Ref/Map|H2|Terminal (map)|Terminal|Detail=Map description}} Despite the widespread Covenant deployment throughout Mombasa, the highest concentration of Covenant ground troops was directly below the carrier in its landing zone.{{Ref/Level|H2|Outskirts|Quote=The highest concentration of Covenant ground troops is directly below the carrier.|Quotee=Cortana}} Over the course of the battle, the Covenant deployed several [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]] assault platforms in both the old and new sections of Mombasa, with many of them targeting the city's space elevator.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|[[Palace Hotel]]|Page=363}} The UNSC managed to trap and destroy many of them in the narrow streets of the city.{{Ref/Map|Id=turf|Game=H2|Map=Turf|Detail=Map description}}

Some time after the Covenant insertion to the city and during the civilian evacuation, the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} of the [[Medii Battle Group]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} descended near Mombasa to reinforce the ground troops already present. Intercepted transmission from the Covenant forces had led the UNSC to correctly believe that it was the High Prophet of Regret in command of the opposing force, making his capture their utmost priority in the right line of the originally [[Fall of Reach|cancelled]] [[Operation: RED FLAG]]. Three [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]], one of them with the [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] onboard, were deployed by the ''In Amber Clad'' to board the ''Solemn Penance'' hovering near the [[Mombasa Tether]]. However, before they could get near the carrier, the formation ran across a [[Type-47A Scarab]] which shot down all of the Pelicans in Old Mombasa. The first was destroyed by the Scarab's main cannon, while the second, carrying an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] [[Second Squad#Battle of Mombasa|squad]] led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Marcus Stacker]], was shot down and crash-landed on the beach. The third Pelican, carrying [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]] and [[John-117]] crashed upside-down into a building in the heart of Old Mombasa.{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}

[[File:HtT John in New Mombasa original.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A picture of John-117 during the battle taken by [[Benjamin Giraud]].]]

After fighting his way through multiple alleyways filled with [[Kig-Yar Sniper]]s, John-117 found and assisted the [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] pinned down at Hotel Zanzibar. Commander Keyes sent a Warthog to the Spartan, who spearheaded a counterattack, destroying Covenant infantry, armor, and [[Covenant artillery|Covenant artillery emplacements]] on the beaches facing [[New Mombasa]].{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}  

John-117 and his makeshift Marine unit entered a blown-out hole in a tunnel where they intercepted and destroyed a Covenant convoy, made up primarily of [[Type-29 Shadow]]s that had been attempting to rendezvous with the regrouping Covenant ground forces still stationed in that sector of the city. Along the way they engaged and neutralized several barricades the Covenant had assembled to fortify the tunnel network. After the engagement in the tunnels, they advanced towards the bridge connecting Old and New Mombasa. Before the Spartan got there, the Marine unit at the bridge had already exhausted itself fighting the Scarab.{{Ref/Reuse|outskirts}}{{Ref/Reuse|metropolis}}

As the ''In Amber Clad''{{'}}s force pressed towards New Mombasa, the Covenant brought the [[Conduit]]—a Forerunner device capable of opening [[slipspace portal]]s—to New Mombasa.{{Ref/Level|Id=opa|SS|Operation A: Orphic Spear}} A [[Type-28 Spirit|Spirit]] [[dropship]] carrying a [[data pad]] with information pertaining to the Conduit was shot down by [[UNSC]] forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=ss1|SS|Mission 1: New Mombasa Nightmare}} When the data pad's relevance to the Conduit was realized by the UNSC, a [[Alpha-Five|squad]] of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers was [[Operation: WINDOW PANE|sent to recover it.]]{{Ref/Reuse|opa}} Covenant forces awaiting extraction at the crashed Spirit were attacked by the ODST squad and the [[Sangheili]] [[Field Master]] carrying the data pad was killed. With the data pad, the UNSC used the information gained to pinpoint the location of the Conduit in the city.{{Ref/Level|Id=ss2|SS|Mission 2: On Top of the World}} The ODST squad was directed to a Sangheili task force carrying the Conduit. After a brief engagement, the ODSTs managed to procure the Conduit from the Covenant and the device was delivered to a nearby UNSC convoy.{{Ref/Level|Id=ss3|SS|Mission 3: Conduit}}

[[File:H2A Scorpion957-A3Destroyed.png|thumb|left|250px|The [[Type-47A Scarab|Scarab]] fires upon [[957-A3|a]] [[M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion]] tank, destroying it instantly.]]

The Master Chief arrived at the bridge to assess the situation while Sergeant Johnson reinforced the Marines with weaponry, including a [[M808B Scorpion|Scorpion tank]]. The Chief traveled across the bridge with the armored unit, clearing it of both Covenant armored and mechanized forces. These forces included [[Type-32 Ghost|Ghosts]], [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraith]]s, [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantoms]], and [[Type-26B Banshee|Banshees]].{{Ref/Reuse|metropolis}}

[[File:Main phantom.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]] deploying troops in New Mombasa just after the Slipspace Event.]]

[[File:Uplift_battle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The battle for the Covenant LZ in the Uplift Reserve.]]

While the Alpha Site was destroyed, Edward Buck and his squad's sniper, [[Kojo Agu]], made their way to the top floors of the [[NMPD headquarters]] building, where they were to be picked up by Pelican with two other ODSTs already onboard. However, the dropship was shot down before landing, and it crashed on another rooftop, killing the pilot on impact. Buck and Agu fought their way across the rooftops, and eventually reached the crash site, where they fought off waves of attacking Covenant using heavy weapons from the Pelican. Finally, a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] dropped off from a Phantom, killed an NMPD officer and severely wounded Agu. The squad managed to kill the Chieftain, after which they decided to evacuate through the train tunnels which led into Old Mombasa.{{Ref/Level|Id=nmpdhq|ODST|NMPD HQ}}

[[File:H3ODST NewMombasa.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The rainy streets of New Mombasa, reduced to a ghost town.]]

By nightfall, nearly all human forces in the city had either been evacuated or destroyed. With Covenant forces controlling the city, remaining Covenant cruisers left by the Prophet of Regret began excavating the area around the crater created by the slipspace rupture.{{Ref/Reuse|firsttwelvehours}} Among the few human survivors were the members of Alpha-Nine, who arrived at [[Kikowani Station (location)|Kikowani Station]] near the city's northeastern seawall, only to realize that the station, as well as [[Kikowani|its surroundings]] had been flooded by [[water]], making escape through train tunnels impossible. The squad decided to hijack a Phantom dropship, in which they succeeded. Buck escorted the rest of the squad through the flooded sections of the city in a [[Type-26C Banshee|Banshee]]. The area was filled with Covenant forces, including a [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]]. After destroying the Scarab, they managed to fly out of the city, when Buck suddenly realized he knew where Captain Dare was and decided to go back to find her, inside the Superintendent's [[New Mombasa Data Center|data center]].{{Ref/Level|Id=kikowani|ODST|Kikowani Station}}

[[File:Hurag_encounter.png|thumb|right|300px|Dare and the Rookie meet [[Quick to Adjust]], who "saved" Vergil inside the Superintendent's Data Center.]]

Immediately after the Covenant occupation of Mombasa was achieved, the combined [[Covenant fleet]] gathered over [[Kenya]] continues to uncover [[Portal at Voi|the Forerunner structure which activates a portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]].{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}} When the Covenant fleet was prolongedly glassing the majority of the East Africa, millions would have persished over course of the excavation effort before it ended at the final stages of the [[Battle of Kenya]].{{Ref/Reuse|hunt}}

[[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|right|A large Covenant fleet sent by the Prophet of Truth continues to arrive over Mombasa and uncovers the Portal, signifying the end of the Battle of Mombasa.]]

Parts of Mombasa, like [[Haller Street]], survived the battle. Haller Street and other areas had received some revitalization after [[Project Rebirth]] investment and UNSC interest in the Portal at Voi.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShowcase|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/showcase-sensitive|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Showcase Sensitive|D=16|M=6|Y=2021}} At some point through Project Rebirt, plans had been created to build the [[United Nations Space Command Memorial Park]] in the city.<ref name="pointprizes">''[[McFarlane Toys/Halo Point Prizes]]'', Campaign Master Chief</ref>

*'''1810 hours''': Marines and remaining NMPD officers retreat into the inner walls of the ONI Alpha Site. Road bridge leading to it destroyed. Covenant begin dropping forces off by [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]].{{Ref/Reuse|ONIalphasite}}

*'''2319 hours''': The Rookie, Dare and Buck escort Vergil along the [[New Mombasa Waterfront Highway]].{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}}

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