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[[File:The coming Storm.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Portal, viewed during the day, prior to its activation.]]

By at least the nineteenth century, the portal was entirely submerged beneath the land occupied by the city of Mombasa and the town of Voi. Additionally, at least a portion of the portal was covered by a man-made lake at some point between the early 21st and mid-26th centuries. At some point after the dawn of the 24th century, the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered a small section of the portal structure located below the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]], and constructed a major facility known as the [[ONI Alpha Site]] in the city in order to conduct covert research on the artifact.<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 132''</ref> In [[2551]], toward the end of the [[Battle of Meridian]], a luminary was discovered by the Covenant on [[Meridian|the colony]]. This luminary would later be presented to the [[Prophet of Regret]] and reveal to him the location of the portal. In [[2552#October|October of 2552]], a seismic anomaly originating with the portal was discovered in a survey conducted by New Mombasa's urban infrastructure AI, the [[Superintendent]], for [[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]], revealing the location and full extent of the structure to him.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref>

By at least the nineteenth century, the portal was entirely submerged beneath the land occupied by the city of Mombasa and the town of Voi. Additionally, at least a portion of the portal was covered by a man-made lake at some point between the early 21st and mid-26th centuries. At some point after the dawn of the 24th century, the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered a small section of the portal structure located below the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]], and constructed a major facility known as the [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]] in the city in order to conduct covert research on the artifact.<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 132''</ref> In [[2551]], toward the end of the [[Battle of Meridian]], a luminary was discovered by the Covenant on [[Meridian|the colony]]. This luminary would later be presented to the [[Prophet of Regret]] and reveal to him the location of the portal. In [[2552#October|October of 2552]], a seismic anomaly originating with the portal was discovered in a survey conducted by New Mombasa's urban infrastructure AI, the [[Superintendent]], for [[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]], revealing the location and full extent of the structure to him.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref>

Following the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s flight from the [[Sol system]] during the [[Battle for Earth]], a [[Truth's fleet|massive Covenant fleet]] led by [[Jiralhanae]] arrived to swiftly take control of the battle from the [[Sangheili]]. These forces attempted to use the data gathered by the Superintendent to pinpoint the location of the artifact, but were eventually forced to discover its location on their own. On the same day, they started the uncovering of the artifact by [[glassing]]. By November 17, [[2552]], the entire lake that lay over where the structure was buried had been vaporized by Covenant ships and the earth overtop of the artifact had been burned away by focused glassing to unveil it.<ref name="the storm">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> The Prophet of Truth landed the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] on the structure, and an unusual [[Portal storm|electric storm]] formed above it. Before its activation, the prophet personally traveled to the Superintendent's data center deep underneath where New Mombasa used to be, now occupied by a number of Covenant [[Huragok]], and observed a section of the artifact visible from the facility.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''Legendary ending cutscene''</ref>

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File:Portal odst.png|[[Truth's fleet]] uncovering the Portal.

File:Ark.jpg|The Portal is activated in the ''Halo 3'' Announcement Trailer.

File:ONI Alpha Site Portal at Voi.jpeg|A portion of the portal structure that was visible underneath the [[ONI Alpha Site]].

File:ONI Alpha Site Portal at Voi.jpeg|A portion of the portal structure that was visible underneath the [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]].

File:Portal.jpg|The portal as it appeared when activated.

File:Storm1.jpg|The keyship is piloted through the portal after having activated it, with two [[Charon-class light frigate]]s in the foreground.

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 [[File:The coming Storm.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Portal, viewed during the day, prior to its activation.]]
-By at least the nineteenth century, the portal was entirely submerged beneath the land occupied by the city of Mombasa and the town of Voi. Additionally, at least a portion of the portal was covered by a man-made lake at some point between the early 21st and mid-26th centuries. At some point after the dawn of the 24th century, the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered a small section of the portal structure located below the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]], and constructed a major facility known as the [[ONI Alpha Site]] in the city in order to conduct covert research on the artifact.<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 132''</ref> In [[2551]], toward the end of the [[Battle of Meridian]], a luminary was discovered by the Covenant on [[Meridian|the colony]]. This luminary would later be presented to the [[Prophet of Regret]] and reveal to him the location of the portal. In [[2552#October|October of 2552]], a seismic anomaly originating with the portal was discovered in a survey conducted by New Mombasa's urban infrastructure AI, the [[Superintendent]], for [[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]], revealing the location and full extent of the structure to him.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref>
+By at least the nineteenth century, the portal was entirely submerged beneath the land occupied by the city of Mombasa and the town of Voi. Additionally, at least a portion of the portal was covered by a man-made lake at some point between the early 21st and mid-26th centuries. At some point after the dawn of the 24th century, the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered a small section of the portal structure located below the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]], and constructed a major facility known as the [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]] in the city in order to conduct covert research on the artifact.<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 132''</ref> In [[2551]], toward the end of the [[Battle of Meridian]], a luminary was discovered by the Covenant on [[Meridian|the colony]]. This luminary would later be presented to the [[Prophet of Regret]] and reveal to him the location of the portal. In [[2552#October|October of 2552]], a seismic anomaly originating with the portal was discovered in a survey conducted by New Mombasa's urban infrastructure AI, the [[Superintendent]], for [[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]], revealing the location and full extent of the structure to him.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref>
 Following the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s flight from the [[Sol system]] during the [[Battle for Earth]], a [[Truth's fleet|massive Covenant fleet]] led by [[Jiralhanae]] arrived to swiftly take control of the battle from the [[Sangheili]]. These forces attempted to use the data gathered by the Superintendent to pinpoint the location of the artifact, but were eventually forced to discover its location on their own. On the same day, they started the uncovering of the artifact by [[glassing]]. By November 17, [[2552]], the entire lake that lay over where the structure was buried had been vaporized by Covenant ships and the earth overtop of the artifact had been burned away by focused glassing to unveil it.<ref name="the storm">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> The Prophet of Truth landed the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] on the structure, and an unusual [[Portal storm|electric storm]] formed above it. Before its activation, the prophet personally traveled to the Superintendent's data center deep underneath where New Mombasa used to be, now occupied by a number of Covenant [[Huragok]], and observed a section of the artifact visible from the facility.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''Legendary ending cutscene''</ref>
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 File:Portal odst.png|[[Truth's fleet]] uncovering the Portal.
 File:Ark.jpg|The Portal is activated in the ''Halo 3'' Announcement Trailer.
-File:ONI Alpha Site Portal at Voi.jpeg|A portion of the portal structure that was visible underneath the [[ONI Alpha Site]].
+File:ONI Alpha Site Portal at Voi.jpeg|A portion of the portal structure that was visible underneath the [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]].
 File:Portal.jpg|The portal as it appeared when activated.
 File:Storm1.jpg|The keyship is piloted through the portal after having activated it, with two [[Charon-class light frigate]]s in the foreground.