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'''Voi''' was an industrial city in [[Kenya]], [[East African Protectorate]] in [[Africa]] on planet [[Earth]].<ref name="tsavo">''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]</ref><ref name="storm">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[The Storm]]</ref> After its infestation by the [[Flood]] and subsequent glassing by the [[Fleet of Retribution]], it became known as the '''Voi Exclusion Zone'''.<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition]]''</ref>

Voi is located about 140 kilometers away from the coastal city of [[New Mombasa]], and on the edge of the [[Tsavo|Tsavo National Park]], the largest wildlife reserve in the region. The town served as the crossroads for railway lines between three Kenyan cities.<ref name="Voi">[[Wikipedia:Voi|''Wikipedia'': Voi]]</ref> In Voi, a highway known as [[Tsavo Highway]], or A23, joined with the [[Nairobi Road]] which connected the cities of [[Mombasa]] and [[Nairobi]]. By the 26th century, Voi was a futuristic worker town, and it was filled with mechanical factories and shoreline buildings. A number of [[water]] pumping stations managed by the [[GWC Trans-African Pipelines]], such as the [[Voi Municipal Water Pump House 03]] located around 17 kilometers from Voi, took care of the water supply in the town.

In the mid 26th century, Voi was situated beside a large man-made lake,<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level [[The Storm]] (''"We’ve got Anti-Air Wraiths in the next '''lake bed''', Chief!"'')</ref> which was connected to an ocean inlet leading all the way to New Mombasa on the coast. This waterway provided a way of carrying large amounts of cargo from the facilities in Voi to the [[Mombasa Tether|space tether]] in New Mombasa and other locations around the globe. The shorelines of the lake were filled with warehouses and docking structures; one of the most prominent industrial facilities in Voi was the [[Traxus Factory Complex 09|Factory Complex 09]] of the [[Traxus Heavy Industries]]. Another facility, [[Traxus Factory Complex 71]], was also located nearby on the shores of the lake.<ref>''Halo 3'', multiplayer map [[Foundry (level)|Foundry]]</ref>

The [[Civilian security forces|law enforcement agency]] of Voi was called [[Voi Greater Outlands Police Bureau]]. [[New Mombasa Waste Management]] provided the waste management services in Voi.<ref name="storm">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[The Storm]]</ref>

The humans learned that the Sangheili were looking for the [[Artificial intelligence|AI construct]] [[Cortana]], who was supposedly aboard the Flood cruiser. Separating from the Arbiter, the Chief went aboard the cruiser. What he found was not [[Cortana]], but a damaged message left by her. As he was inspecting it, [[343 Guilty Spark]] arrived to repair Cortana. All human and Elite forces retreated to the ''Shadow of Intent'' as the fleet [[Glassing|glassed]] Voi, therefore destroying all Flood in the vicinity and preventing the parasite from spreading any further.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Floodgate]]</ref>

Voi was terminated as a result of the excavation event; only a few industrial buildings remained. The area was subsequently termed the "Voi Exclusion Zone". [[Operation: JOINT MONITOR]] saw [[Alpha-Nine]] deployed to the zone to ensure any and all Flood were eliminated.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition'', Spartan Locke's Classified Orders</ref> They did not encounter any remnants of it.<ref name="HNB">''[[Halo: New Blood]]''</ref>  

On [[2553#March|March 3, 2553]], after the end of the war, [[Voi Memorial|a memorial ceremony]] was held atop a hill in the remains of the town. As humanity began the arduous process of rebuilding, it was decided that this hillside be kept untouched as a memorial to those who did not return from [[Installation 00]] and those fallen in the war at large.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref>

Within a couple years, [[ONI]] had established extensive facilities at Voi as part of the effort to study the [[Portal at Voi|portal artifact]], now closed. In [[2555#March|March, 2555]], a joint operations team arrived in town in preparation for [[Operation: FAR STORM]], the third manned mission to Installation 00 that commenced once the portal was reactivated. However, in [[Invasion of Earth|a plot to mine the Earth's resources]] as recompense for the damage incurred to the installation during the battle a few years prior, [[000 Tragic Solitude|its monitor]] sent thousands of [[Sentinels]] streaming through the portal over Voi; this attempt was foiled by elements of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].<ref>''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', page 321</ref>