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'''New Mombasa''' was a major port city and industrial center on [[Mombasa|Mombasa Island]] in south [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]], in the [[East African Protectorate]] on [[Earth]]. | '''New Mombasa''' was a major port city and industrial center on [[Mombasa|Mombasa Island]] in south [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]], in the [[East African Protectorate]] on [[Earth]]. | ||
A dominant feature of the city skyline was the [[Mombasa Tether]], located on the mouth of the river north of the island. [[Old Mombasa]] surrounded the metropolis on all sides on the mainland. Like Earth's other [[Space elevator|tether]] cities, New Mombasa's infrastructure was managed with the help of a second generation [[Dumb AI|"dumb" AI]], the [[Superintendent]].<ref name="evg">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 191</ref> | A dominant feature of the city skyline was the [[Mombasa Tether]], located on the mouth of the river north of the island. [[Old Mombasa]] surrounded the metropolis on all sides on the mainland. Like Earth's other [[Space elevator|tether]] cities, New Mombasa's infrastructure was managed with the help of a second generation [[Dumb AI|"dumb" AI]], the [[Superintendent]].<ref name="evg">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 191</ref><ref>''[[Bungie.net]]'', [http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx Halo 3: ODST Field Guide]</ref> | ||
It was the main target of the initial [[Covenant]] attack during the [[Battle for Earth]].<ref name="outskirts">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Outskirts]]</ref> The city was invaded, occupied, and destroyed in the course of the conflict. | It was the main target of the initial [[Covenant]] attack during the [[Battle for Earth]].<ref name="outskirts">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Outskirts]]</ref> The city was invaded, occupied, and destroyed in the course of the conflict. | ||
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In [[2302]],{{Ref/Reuse|fieldguide}} due to its economic stability and prominent location, New Mombasa—at that time the world's busiest sea port—was chosen to be Earth's first [[space elevator]] city. The elevator transformed the city; New Mombasa became one of the most important cities on Earth.<ref name="waypoint">''[[Halo Waypoint]]'', "Space Elevator" article (Archived on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185941/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/space-tether/e9b2f438-9b5b-477e-8e52-d4e6801e9d5b Archive.org])</ref> | In [[2302]],{{Ref/Reuse|fieldguide}} due to its economic stability and prominent location, New Mombasa—at that time the world's busiest sea port—was chosen to be Earth's first [[space elevator]] city. The elevator transformed the city; New Mombasa became one of the most important cities on Earth.<ref name="waypoint">''[[Halo Waypoint]]'', "Space Elevator" article (Archived on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185941/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/space-tether/e9b2f438-9b5b-477e-8e52-d4e6801e9d5b Archive.org])</ref> | ||
Over the next eleven years the city experienced explosive growth, but nothing compared to what followed. The city grew out as well as up, its urban sprawl unequaled throughout the continent. | Over the next eleven years the city experienced explosive growth, but nothing compared to what followed. The city grew out as well as up, its urban sprawl unequaled throughout the continent.<ref name="fieldguide">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx ''Bungie.net'': Halo 3: ODST Field Guide: New Mombasa]</ref> | ||
By [[2430]], New Mombasa had absorbed the entire island and many of the surrounding towns, which became overrun by residents of Mombasa. The switch of name was never official, and though many of the neighborhoods within direct line of sight to the Mombasa Tether still distributed newspapers and chatter directories under their previous names, all municipalities within a 74-kilometer radius of the island became referred to as "[[Old Mombasa]]".{{Ref/Reuse|fieldguide}} | By [[2430]], New Mombasa had absorbed the entire island and many of the surrounding towns, which became overrun by residents of Mombasa. The switch of name was never official, and though many of the neighborhoods within direct line of sight to the Mombasa Tether still distributed newspapers and chatter directories under their previous names, all municipalities within a 74-kilometer radius of the island became referred to as "[[Old Mombasa]]".{{Ref/Reuse|fieldguide}} | ||
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Later that day, [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] was deployed into [[Old Mombasa]] to assist [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces to liberate the city from the Covenant. After fighting through the maze-like streets of the mainland, the Master Chief crossed the empty beach below the seawall and then entered the highway system and the bridge to New Mombasa. After a series of quick battles in a [[Kilindini Park Cultural Center|public park]] and the city streets, the Chief boarded and destroyed a Covenant [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] as it passed through the city's artificial canals. After destroying the Scarab, the Chief returned to the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. At this point, the Covenant troops were retreating back into the ''Solemn Penance'', which was preparing to leave.{{Ref/Reuse|h2}} | Later that day, [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] was deployed into [[Old Mombasa]] to assist [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces to liberate the city from the Covenant. After fighting through the maze-like streets of the mainland, the Master Chief crossed the empty beach below the seawall and then entered the highway system and the bridge to New Mombasa. After a series of quick battles in a [[Kilindini Park Cultural Center|public park]] and the city streets, the Chief boarded and destroyed a Covenant [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] as it passed through the city's artificial canals. After destroying the Scarab, the Chief returned to the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. At this point, the Covenant troops were retreating back into the ''Solemn Penance'', which was preparing to leave.{{Ref/Reuse|h2}} | ||
Meanwhile, in orbit, an ODST task force was preparing to hot-drop onto the carrier. While the ODSTs were on their way down, ''Solemn Penance'' jumped into [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], with the ''In Amber Clad'' [[UNSC Paris|and]] [[UNSC Redoubtable|4]] [[UNSC Coral Sea|other]] [[UNSC Dusk|ships]] in pursuit.<ref name="preparetodrop">''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level [[Prepare to Drop]]</ref> The ensuing shockwave and [[Electromagnetic Pulse|EMP]] engulfed the whole city, causing heavy damage to its digital infrastructure, and scattering the ODSTs' [[ | Meanwhile, in orbit, an ODST task force was preparing to hot-drop onto the carrier. While the ODSTs were on their way down, ''Solemn Penance'' jumped into [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], with the ''In Amber Clad'' [[UNSC Paris|and]] [[UNSC Redoubtable|4]] [[UNSC Coral Sea|other]] [[UNSC Dusk|ships]] in pursuit.<ref name="preparetodrop">''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level [[Prepare to Drop]]</ref> The ensuing shockwave and [[Electromagnetic Pulse|EMP]] engulfed the whole city, causing heavy damage to its digital infrastructure, and scattering the ODSTs' [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|drop pods]] around the city; at least the six members of [[Buck's squad]] survived landing. Although the whole of Mombasa Island was consumed by the explosion, only some buildings close to the slipspace vortex were sucked through.<ref>''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Delta Halo]]</ref> The slipspace rupture also created a large crater to the mainland, north of Mombasa Island. This was where the Covenant would eventually begin their excavation for the Forerunner structure under the region.{{Ref/Reuse|preparetodrop}} | ||
[[File:Mombasa area.png|thumb|left|250px|New Mombasa and its surroundings after the [[Battle of Mombasa]].]] | [[File:Mombasa area.png|thumb|left|250px|New Mombasa and its surroundings after the [[Battle of Mombasa]].]] | ||
