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'''Mombasa''' is a city in the country of [[ | '''Mombasa''' is a city in the country of [[Kenya]] on the planet [[Earth]]. It consisted of a run down section known as "[[Old Mombasa]]" on the coast of the continent, as well as a prosperous section called "[[New Mombasa]]" on a small island just of the coast of the city, connected by bridges. | ||
== Old Mombasa == | ==Old Mombasa== | ||
{{Mainarticle|Old Mombasa}} | {{Mainarticle|Old Mombasa}} | ||
[[Image:Turf.PNG|thumb|250px|right|The multiplayer map Turf, showcasing the architecture of Old Mombasa.]] | [[Image:Turf.PNG|thumb|250px|right|The multiplayer map Turf, showcasing the architecture of Old Mombasa.]] | ||
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For a time, these docks brought prosperity to the mainland. Shantytowns were demolished to make way for new office buildings, highways were constructed, and commerce thrived. But by the end of the 23rd century, global warming began to reverse as new technologies emerged and millions of people departed Earth for colonies in the rest of the Solar System. Sea levels began receding as temperatures dropped worldwide. In time, the port facilities on the mainland were left literally high and dry. | For a time, these docks brought prosperity to the mainland. Shantytowns were demolished to make way for new office buildings, highways were constructed, and commerce thrived. But by the end of the 23rd century, global warming began to reverse as new technologies emerged and millions of people departed Earth for colonies in the rest of the Solar System. Sea levels began receding as temperatures dropped worldwide. In time, the port facilities on the mainland were left literally high and dry. | ||
Unfortunately, interstellar travel was discovered just as the mainland's ports became useless. As a result, the space elevator and its attendant port system was constructed on Mombasa Island instead. Consequently, the island-city transformed into the hi-tech metropolis of New Mombasa, while the mainland area languished, closed off behind its useless seawall. | Unfortunately, interstellar travel was discovered just as the mainland's ports became useless. As a result, the [[space elevator]] and its attendant port system was constructed on Mombasa Island instead. Consequently, the island-city transformed into the hi-tech metropolis of New Mombasa, while the mainland area languished, closed off behind its useless seawall. | ||
By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings | By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref> | ||
== New Mombasa == | == New Mombasa == | ||
{{Mainarticle|New Mombasa}} | {{Mainarticle|New Mombasa}} | ||
[[Image:2ndsunriseovernewmombasa6uk.png|thumb|250px|left|The heart of New Mombasa.]] | [[Image:2ndsunriseovernewmombasa6uk.png|thumb|250px|left|The heart of New Mombasa.]] | ||
Mombasa underwent dramatic change with the arrival of the interstellar era. In response to increasing demand for cheap orbital access, the government began construction on one of the wonders of the age: a | Mombasa underwent dramatic change with the arrival of the interstellar era. In response to increasing demand for cheap orbital access, the government began construction on one of the wonders of the age: a space elevator. This structure served to lift heavy cargo into geosynchronous orbit without expensive booster rockets filled with fuel. | ||
The elevator transformed the city; Mombasa was now one of the most important port cities on Earth. There was an immediate influx of trade, people, and jobs; as a result, the landscape of the city was completely re-imagined. Within a century, the old apartment buildings and hotels on Mombasa Island had been torn down and replaced with the latest architecture: monolithic archaeological findings, vast industrial complexes, and gleaming office towers. The demand for expansion of the city's services was so great, in fact, that a large canal was cut through the old downtown sector of Sidiriya, to provide docking space for countless incoming cargo ships. It was during this period of tremendous growth that the city became known as "New Mombasa". | The elevator transformed the city; Mombasa was now one of the most important port cities on Earth. There was an immediate influx of trade, people, and jobs; as a result, the landscape of the city was completely re-imagined. Within a century, the old apartment buildings and hotels on Mombasa Island had been torn down and replaced with the latest architecture: monolithic archaeological findings, vast industrial complexes, and gleaming office towers. The demand for expansion of the city's services was so great, in fact, that a large canal was cut through the old downtown sector of Sidiriya, to provide docking space for countless incoming cargo ships. It was during this period of tremendous growth that the city became known as "New Mombasa". | ||