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[[File: | [[File:Waterfronthighway.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A section of Waterfront Highway.]] | ||
The '''New Mombasa Waterfront Highway''', also referred to as '''Coastal Highway''', is a highway that runs along the seawall that follows the coastline of the [[Mombasa|Mombasa Island]] and surrounds the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]].<ref name="odst">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> | The '''New Mombasa Waterfront Highway''', also referred to as '''Coastal Highway''', is a highway that runs along the seawall that follows the coastline of the [[Mombasa|Mombasa Island]] and surrounds the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]].<ref name="odst">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> | ||
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During the second day of the [[Battle of Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 21, 2552]], three [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] ([[The Rookie]], [[Edward Buck]] and [[Veronica Dare]]) fought their way along the highway to safely escape the city with a critical asset, [[Unidentified Huragok|a defected Huragok]] holding important data from [[Vergil]], a subroutine of the city's [[Superintendent]] [[artificial intelligence]]. After pushing through heavy [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] resistance on the highway and fending off waves of Covenant at the main entrance to the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]], they were eventually extracted by a Covenant [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom dropship]] stolen by [[Dare's Shock Trooper Squad|the squad]]. The highway, along with the entire city, was destroyed when the Covenant [[Glassing|glassed]] the area in order to uncover the [[Forerunner]] [[The Portal|structure]] beneath it.<ref name="odst"/> | During the second day of the [[Battle of Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 21, 2552]], three [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] ([[The Rookie]], [[Edward Buck]] and [[Veronica Dare]]) fought their way along the highway to safely escape the city with a critical asset, [[Unidentified Huragok|a defected Huragok]] holding important data from [[Vergil]], a subroutine of the city's [[Superintendent]] [[artificial intelligence]]. After pushing through heavy [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] resistance on the highway and fending off waves of Covenant at the main entrance to the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]], they were eventually extracted by a Covenant [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom dropship]] stolen by [[Dare's Shock Trooper Squad|the squad]]. The highway, along with the entire city, was destroyed when the Covenant [[Glassing|glassed]] the area in order to uncover the [[Forerunner]] [[The Portal|structure]] beneath it.<ref name="odst"/> | ||
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File:94283508-Full.jpg|The Coastal Highway, on the northern side of the island. | |||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' | *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' | ||
