Editing Mombasa Streets

{{Status|Gameplay}}

|concurrent=*''[[Tayari Plaza]]''

*''[[Uplift Reserve]]''

*''[[Kikowani Station]]''

|next=''[[Data Hive]]''

|player=*[[ODST_(player_character)#Rookie|Rookie]] (player 1)

*[[ODST_(player_character)|ODST]] (co-op)

|place=Sectors [[New Mombasa Sector 0|0]], [[New Mombasa Sector 3|3]], [[New Mombasa Sector 4|4]], [[New Mombasa Sector 5|5]], [[New Mombasa Sector 9|9]], and [[New Mombasa Sector 10|10]] in [[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], [[Earth]]

{{Article quote|Explore the city, find your ODST team.}}

'''Mombasa Streets''' is the second campaign level of ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', and serves as "the hub", an open-world environment used to access flashback missions. It is set in the city of [[New Mombasa]].

Unique as a ''Halo'' game level, this level is an open-world environment which contains "beacons", and objects left by or noted by the [[The Rookie|Rookie]]'s [[Dare's Shock Trooper Squad|squad]] members, which trigger "flashback" levels, explaining previous events. In addition to the beacons, the level also has additional content, such as [[Audio log (Halo 3: ODST)|Audio log]]s and [[Supply Cache]]s.

During the first playthrough, some areas in the city are inaccessible, and the player is forced to play the first three flashbacks in chronological order. Completing flashbacks unlocks more areas in the city, allowing the player to progress to the next beacon. Once the game is completed, the city is fully unlocked for exploration.

The level starts six hours after the Squad's [[Operation: BUMRUSH|failed orbital insertion]], in the occupied [[New Mombasa City Center]]. Some time after [[the Rookie]] wakes up, exits his [[M8900 drop pod|pod]] and starts to explore the city, the [[Superintendent (Construct)|Superintendent]] will contact him via a public phone and upload a map of the city to his [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] navigation database. After finding the final beacon and completing the last flashback level, the Rookie will receive a distress signal from [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Veronica Dare|Dare]], who is pinned down in the data center under the city. At this point, the city will be mostly locked, with only a way to the nearest underground entrance, where the Rookie will descend into the depths of the city underground.

[[File:NM sectors.png|thumb|Map of the level, showing the city's sectors.]]

''The Rookie slowly opens his eyes in his pod. There is static interference in his visor, and multiple cracks in his pod's windows. The screens that are still working are filled with static. Two Covenant [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantom]]s fly in the background.''

''Fades to black. [[NMPD HQ]] begins.''

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! '''Location'''

! '''Object'''

! '''Character'''

! '''Level'''

! '''Time'''

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|align="center" width="225px" | [[File:H3ODST Beacon Tayari Plaza.jpg|225px]]<br/>Dare's [[ODST Ballistic Battle Armor#Recon|Recon Helmet]]  

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|align="center" width="225px" | [[File:H3ODST Beacon Uplift Reserve.jpg|225px]]<br/>Damaged [[F-99 Wombat|F-99 Drone]] Optics Package

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|align="center" width="225px" | [[File:H3ODST Beacon Kizingo Boulevard.jpg|225px]]<br/>Destroyed [[M68 Gauss Cannon|Gauss Turret]]

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|align="center" width="225px" | [[File:H3ODST Beacon ONI Alpha Site.jpg|225px]]<br/>Remote Detonator

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|[[New Mombasa Sector 3|Sector 3]], hanging from a power line

|align="center" width="225px" | [[File:H3ODST Beacon NMPD HQ.jpg|225px]]<br/>[[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|Sniper Rifle]]

|[[NMPD HQ]]

|-  

|align="center" width="225px" | [[File:H3ODST Beacon Kikowani Station.jpg|225px]]<br/>[[Biofoam]] Canister

==Achievements==

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! scope="col" style="width:135px;text-align:center;" |'''''Halo: 3: ODST'' (Xbox 360)'''

! scope="col" style="width:135px;text-align:center;" |'''''Halo: MCC'' (Xbox One)'''

 

==Easter eggs==

*There is a glitch at the beginning of this level in Theater mode. When the Rookie jumps out of his SOEIV, right after he gets his Silenced SMG out, viewers can press Y once and they can be able to fly wherever they want, even up to the Space Elevator, in a way similar to pan-cam.

*After the player completes ''[[Uplift Reserve]]'', the cutscene depicts Rookie putting down the Optic Package, and taking out his holstered M7S from his ''back'', even though in normal gameplay the M7S is holstered on the character's right thigh.

*After the player completes ''[[Kikowani Station]]'' and returns to Mombasa Streets, the positions of the vehicles in the area have changed. Most noticeably, a bus has appeared at the end of the street. If the player drove a vehicle to get to the Kikowani Station beacon, a brand-new, undamaged vehicle of the same type will be parked in front of the bus.

**It even has the most loadout points, exclusively in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''.

*The location of the beacon the player uses to access the city underground and ''[[Data Hive]]'' will vary depending on which beacon the player accessed last. If the player follows the correct chronological order and completes ''[[Kikowani Station]]'' last, the beacon will be in Sector 0 at the top of the map. If the player completes ''[[NMPD HQ]]'' last, the beacon will be in the center of Sector 3. If ''[[ONI Alpha Site]]'' is completed last, the beacon will be in Sector 10, and if the player completes ''[[Kizingo Boulevard]]'' last, it is in Sector 4. Each area features similar resistance. Regardless of which elevator shaft the player accesses, Data Hive will always begin in the same location.

*The entire BSP (the level geometry itself) is not rendered at once because of engine limitations - this is why Bungie put in blast doors and walls in between sectors. Furthermore, some of the BSPs are identical - Sectors 4 and 5, 3 and 8, and 0 and 9.{{Ref/Game|H3ODST|[[:File:NM sectors.png|VISR database - New Mombasa map]]}} The only noticeable difference is that players cannot enter the building in Sector 4 as they did the one in Sector 5, and another being the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]] in Sector 9. Also, when the player opens a blast door, the BSP loads, but, for example, if the player enters Sector 8, it will load the Sector 3 BSP since they are one and the same. Note that scenery items are not included in the BSP, since no part of the BSP is movable.

*At certain points of the level, players can see objects that hint at the past presence of the fellow squadmates. A [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]] wreckage (presumably driven by Miles) can be found in the same plaza where the optics package is. A [[M808C Scorpion]] (presumed commandeered by Crespo) and a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]], both destroyed, can be found near the gate that separates Sector 4 and Sector 10. In Sector 4, an SOEIV (presumed that of Agu's or Crespo's) can be found in a courtyard, with a silenced SMG beside it.

*In many parts of the level, the Huragok have marked areas of interest by mysterious symbols which are highlighted when the VISR is turned on. Most of these symbols are geometric glyphs similar to those used by the Forerunners, commonly arranged around a "Y"-shape. Some of the symbols depict the Superintendent's avatar, hinting at cooperation between the Huragok and the Superintendent.

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File:H3ODST_MombasaStreets_EarlyLayout.jpg|An early sketch of the hub's layout, including plans for VFX and art. The areas marked "SC100" etc are the locations of the single-player missions.{{Ref/Twitter|vicdeleon|1175909611695726592 |Vic DeLeon|Quote=Atmosphere & mood were a priority and here’s the general Env Art and VFX layout that helped us track all the SP levels (SC100-140), along with a couple early shots staging the look for the Hub at night.}}

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