Editing Battle of Kenya

***9+ {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Id=ark}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|fleetsize}}

**49+ ships{{Ref/Note|Id=fleetsize|See [[Truth's fleet#Notes|Truth's fleet's Notes section]] about the size of the fleet along with the battle group of the Fleet of Retribution and the Battle Group Victory.}}

***2+ {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Id=ark}}

***At least 44 [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}{{Ref/Note|As seen in the ''Tsavo Highway'' and ''The Storm'' levels, at least 38 gathered distant cruisers can be observed over the ruined Mombasa city and are depicted in the likeness of ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers though are all background 2D graphics instead 3 dimensional renders, making their sizes maybe not accurate. As they were also not canonly confirmed to be ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers, this could indicate that several of these cruisers might be {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}s (only properly introduced in ''[[Halo 4]]'') due to be virtually identical to the ''Ket''-pattern in outward appearance. An additional at least 6 ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers (in 3 dimensional renders, thus with accurate sizes comparing to the assault carriers) can be seen in the last cutscene of the ''Tsavo Highway'' level.}}

****6+ {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

**[[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|T-32 Ghosts]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}

**[[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|T-25 Choppers]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}

**[[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|T-26 Wraiths]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}

**[[Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|T-52 AA Wraiths]]{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

**Multiple [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|T-27 Mantis]]{{Ref/Reuse|loot2NRA2}}

|forces3=*1 captured {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}{{Ref/Reuse|flood}}

Covenant ground forces would heavily occupy swathes of territory in [[Kenya]], overwhelming UNSC defenders along the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] and in the city of [[Voi]], where they would station heavy defences including numerous [[Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|Anti-Aircraft Wraiths]] and [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis]] emplacements as part of a network of extensive perimeter defenses for the Ark's portal.{{Ref/Level|Id=storm|[[Halo 3]]|[[The Storm]]}} Remaining UNSC personnel were scattered and cut off from friendly forces, forced to hunker down and fight for their lives against heavy Covenant opposition.{{Ref/Level|Id=tsavo|[[Halo 3]]|[[Tsavo Highway]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} The final remaining UNSC stronghold in the region was a re-purposed 20th-century base, [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]], located within close proximity to the city of Voi. From here, the UNSC would co-ordinate their remaining forces and treat [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] wounded in the field. After [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]]' arrival at Earth from [[Installation 05]], she would assume command of the base.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}

[[Miranda Keyes|Commander Keyes]] arrived at Crow's Nest's landing pad to meet John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Sergeant Johnson. After greeting the Spartan, she escorted the group towards the operations center, briefing the Spartan about the previous events following Truth's arrival at Earth before confirming that she had managed to stop [[Installation 05]]'s activation sequence, but the [[Halo Array]] remained on standby and ready to activate from the [[Installation 00|Ark]], which she believed to be the main focus of the Covenant in Kenya. John then reported in to [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Hood]], who was confident in Keyes' plan to neutralize one of the [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis Anti-Aircraft Cannons]] in Truth's array of defenses with the support of the Spartan, allowing [[Battle Group Victory|a battle group]] from the tattered UNSC Home Fleet to assault the excavation site, believed by the UNSC to be the Ark but in reality was the [[Portal at Voi]] that would lead to the installation. Before Hood could continue, the power cut out completely, before the High Prophet of Truth himself broadcasted a message to the base, promising to reduce Earth to [[Glassing|glass]] and telling them that even the [[Covenant religion#Demons|"Demon"]] would perish. After Truth cut the broadcast, Keyes immediately ordered the base's personnel to prepare for departure, knowing that the Covenant would soon attack. Johnson and Thel remained to guard the operations center while John moved towards the hangar which the Phantoms would use to deploy troops. As Marines assembled [[AIE-486H machine gun|machine gun turrets]] and other defences, a series of tremors shook the base as Covenant forces begun their offensive. The Master Chief made his way into the base's vehicle access, arriving too late to save a [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Warthog]]'s destruction from [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenades]]. John and his Marines pushed down the vehicle access, defeating Covenant troops before arriving at the hangar, where they provided assistance for the locally-stationed Marines in repelling several Phantom's and their complements of infantry sent from a nearby {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. Once all Covenant were defeated, a Pelican was able to undock and descend, allowing the Marines in the hangar to exfiltrate from the base.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}  

[[File:H3 Brute Chieftain and Bodyguards.jpg|thumb|250px|A Jiralhanae Chieftain and his bodyguards in Crow's Nest's motor pool.]]     

[[File:Tsavo Highway.jpg|thumb|250px|John-117 fighting Jiralhanae at Voi Municipal Water Pump House 03.]]

After regaining consciousness in an underground vehicle bay, John regrouped with [[Reynolds|Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds]] and other Marine survivors. While all the troops fit for duty mounted a pair of surviving Warthogs, the injured personnel and the men treating them remained behind. The two Warthogs passed through the large cave system beneath the base before emerging into the open air of Kenya, where chunks of the [[Mombasa Tether]] lay strewn across the plains following it's collapse during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 20]].{{Ref/Level|[[Halo 3: ODST]]|[[Uplift Reserve]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} Seeking to put as much distance as possible between themselves and ''Crow's Nest'', the two Warthogs made their way across the plains, engaging scattered Covenant troops gathered around their destroyed Phantoms while Reynolds attempted to raise Commander Keyes on [[COM]] to no avail. The team eventually reached a small dam occupied by Covenant forces, which they successfully traversed. As they left the dam, they got a garbled message from [[Marcus Stacker|Gunnery Sergeant Stacker]] who was leading a supply convoy down the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] for the Marines in [[Voi]]. The sergeant's convoy had been attacked by [[Irdnekt-pattern Banshee|Banshees]] and subsequently attacked by Covenant infantry and vehicles who sealed a nearby tunnel with an [[anti-vehicle barrier]]. As John and his team arrived at the survivor's location, they witnessed a Warthog getting rammed by a [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|Chopper]]. The team engaged in combat with the various Covenant units in the area, including several Choppers, a number of [[Rizsheda-pattern Shade|Shade]] turrets and snipers. With the Covenant presence depleted, the survivors retreated behind the energy barrier, where a swarm of Yanme'e emerged to attack the humans. The UNSC forces eventually killed all of the Covenant soldiers and John destroyed the barrier's power source, while a nearby [[Holography|hologram]] of the Prophet of Truth sermonized the [[Portal at Voi|artifact]] in the excavated ruins of [[Mombasa]]. Stacker prompted John to continue on to Voi, as the beleaguered Marines in the city would be grateful for his assistance. John and his convoy of vehicles continued through the tunnel and along the Tsavo Highway, witnessing a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} pass overheat towards the portal site. An [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[ONI Recon 111|reconnaissance team]] reporting Covenant activity at the excavation site confirmed the existence of the portal within. Eventually forced to dismount due to [[roadblock]]s and a broken section of highway, John and his team continued on foot. Commander Keyes finally re-established communication with John, believing that the object Truth had uncovered was the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. John eventually reached [[Voi Municipal Water Pump House 03]], the site of a large battle with Marines holding a network of structures on top of a nearby hill from encroaching Covenant forces. John assisted the Marines in killing the enemy soldiers and regrouped with the Marines, where they informed him that they needed to hold their position until Pelicans could arrive with resupply for a push against heavy Covenant armor on Tsavo Highway.{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}

The team were forced to fend off two Phantoms transporting large packs of Jiralhanae onto the battlefield before contending with a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] that arrived from a nearby Covenant garrison. After the Wraith was neutralised, several resupply Pelicans arrived, deploying reinforcement Marines and vehicles for the assault on the Coenant-held Tsavo Highway. The now-mobilized UNSC forces advanced into the Covenant garrison in the next valley and destroyed it before rejoining the Tsavo Highway. A large Covenant armored unit including several Wraiths, turrets and a large force of Choppers were stationed on and around the next section of highway. John and the UNSC forces attacked anda  massive battle soon began. Eventually clearing all Covenant forces, the unit was able to proceed along the highway while Commander Keyes ordered ONI Recon 111 to retreat from the crater. Further along the Tsavo Highway a large force of Jiralhanae had blocked off the path with roadblocks and heavily entrenched themselves in a series of nearby structures. The team managed to fight their way through, killing a War Chieftain and his pack guarding another anti-vehicle barrier. With the Tsavo Highway now free of Covenant forces, several Pelicans arrived to drop off more vehicles and soldiers for the push into Voi. Knowing that the Covenant fleet had fully uncovered the presumed Ark, Admiral Hood rallied the UNSC forces, delivering words of reassurance and emphasising the importance of stopping the Prophet of Truth before he could activate the artifact. Once the force mounted up, they pushed on to Voi.{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}

[[File:Voi 2.jpg|thumb|250px|John-117 and Marines fighting through the Traxus facility.]]

The convoy of UNSC vehicles continued down the Tsavo Highway until they reached the entrance to [[Traxus Factory Complex 09]], which had been heavily occupied by Covenant forces in the preceding hours. After dismounting from his [[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|vehicle]], John and a group of Marines made their way inside, ambushing Covenant troops listening to a holographic sermon from the Prophet of Truth and opening several doors allowing their supporting [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Chaingun Warthog]] to advance. After killing a large group of Covenant in the next tunnel, John proceeded into the first of several lake beds, where an [[Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|Anti-Aircraft Wraith]] was attacking several [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] that were engaged in aerial dogfights with [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] above the factory. Eventually clearing out the AA Wraith and its accompanying unit of [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]], John re-entered the factory, assisting a group of Marines in flushing out Covenant troops in a nearby office. Once the way was clear, the Marines opened the doors into the next section of the factory for the Spartan. In the next room, a [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] deployed a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] through a shattered glass roof, which failed to halt the UNSC advance. John met up with a Marine anti-tank unit in the tunnel leading to the second lake bed. Mounting up on a [[M274 Mongoose|Mongoose]] with a [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]]-armed passenger, John entered the second lake bed, where more Ghosts and [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|Choppers]] defended a pair of Anti-Aircraft Wraiths. Despite the heavy Covenant presence, the anti-tank unit was able to make short work of them, as well as several waves of reinforcements brought in by Phantoms. The Covenant made a last-ditch attempt to retake the lake bed, deploying a [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] into the area. The human forces were able to weaken the Scarab by attacking it's vulnerable leg joints and allowing John to board the walker. The Spartan engaged the crew in close quarters before destroying the Scarab's power core, completely destroying the assault platform. With the lake bed clear, more Pelicans arrived to drop off reinforcements, including [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]].{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

The victorious UNSC forces re-entered the factory, passing through an aid-station that had been set up to deal with injured Marines and [[civilian]] factory workers. Reports coming in revealed that the Covenant fleet was pulling back to the portal as well as the presence of a [[Indulgence of Conviction|single]] Covenant ship that had arrived in-system. John and Thel entered the warehouse section of the factory complex, where Jiralhanae forces were attacking scattered Marines and slaughtering civilian workers. After clearing out several sections of warehouse and recruiting a number of Marines and armed civilians to their side, the group proceeded to the other side of the factory, killing a [[Mgalekgolo]] pair that had just wiped out a group of fleeing civilians. A Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] and an assortment of other Covenant troops defended the path to the nearby [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis]] anti-aircraft emplacement while the Prophet of Truth gave encouragement from a nearby [[holotank]]. Despite this, they failed to stop John and his forces. The group moved forward towards their objective as UNSC [[Battle Group Victory]] began their approach. With their time running out, the group launched an attack on the heavily-defended plateau that the cannon was stationed on. After a furious battle, they emerged victorious and John destroyed the anti-aircraft cannon's rapidly overheating core, neutralizing the battery. With a hole now punched in the Covenant defenses, the battle group approached, bombarding the Prophet's [[Anodyne Spirit|vessel]] sitting in the center of the portal. Their attack failed to damage the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]], and the portal was activated. The ''Anodyne Spirit'' ascended into the portal to the Ark, with the rest of the Covenant fleet following. As Admiral Hood ordered the UNSC forces to regroup, the [[Flood]]-infested {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' exited slipspace over Voi and crashed into the opposite side of the Traxus factory complex. As Thel pondered the arrival of the ship as more Covenant reinforcements, John knew that it was [[Flood|something even worse]].{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

[[File:Picture 1.jpg|thumb|250px|A Marine under attack by Flood combat forms.]]

At that moment, a [[battle group]] of the [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] arrived, having pursued the ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' from [[Installation 05]].{{Ref/Note|Id=composition|See [[Fleet of Retribution#Notes|here]].}} The fleet deployed a number of [[Udka-pattern Assault Carapace|drop pods]], depositing a team of [[Special Operations Sangheili]] who proceeded to attack the Flood forms around them. John and Thel fought their way across to the team, and the commanding [[Sangheili Major]] revealed that [[High Charity]] had completely [[Fall of High Charity|fallen]] to the Flood and the subsequent quarantine by Sangheili warships had fallen, before warning them that the Flood had [[Flood pure form|evolved]]. John, Thel and the Special Operations team fought their way across the outskirts of the destroyed lake bed, before re-entering the factory and contending with the Flood forms that had completely infested the building. Sergeant Johnson revealed that the Sangheili had confirmed the presence of [[Cortana]] on board the Flood ship, and ordered John to retrieve the AI. On the other side of the factory, as the group entered the lake bed that the ''Indulgence of Conviction'' had crashed in, the group was confronted by the Flood's [[Flood pure form|pure forms]] for the first time, as a [[Flood stalker form|spindly crawler form]] transformed into a hulking [[Flood tank form|tank form]] to confront them. As they made their way to the wrecked husk of the ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser, the team was forced to engage large numbers of the new pure Flood forms, as well as more combat forms until they reached a rent in the ship's hull. Thel announced that he and the other Sangheili would remain behind to secure the entrance while the Master Chief ventured inside alone.

[[File:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|thumb|250px|The Fleet of Retribution glassing Kenya to contain the Flood outbreak.]]

The end of the Battle of Kenya concluded the fighting in East Africa, as the majority of Covenant vessels accompanied the Prophet of Truth to the Ark. Some of the remaining Covenant forces on Earth fortified themselves in [[Arizona]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]. After the withdrawal of Truth's fleet through through the Ark's portal, Covenant [[proselytization network|battle network]] cohesion broke down allowing UNSC forces to begin a [[URNA Southwest Campaign|major counteroffensive]], with the codeword [[LUX]] declared on November 19 in anticipation of the nuclear bombardment of shielded Covenant positions at [[Free-fire area OZONE]]. The campaign culminated on December 3, with [[Operation: MARSH FLASH]], which successfully eliminated clusters of Jiralhanae leadership attempting to activate an unknown artifact.<ref>''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref>  

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