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| [[File:SLoftus-Vyrant.png|thumb|150px|The logo for Vyrant Telecom]] | | {{Ratings}} |
| {{Quote|...stay connected!|A slogan used by Vyrant Telecom{{Ref/Reuse|Streets}}}}
| | [[File:Ad_vyrant_telecom.png|right|150px|thumb|An ad for Vyrant Telecom]] |
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| '''Vyrant Telecom''' is a [[human]] telecommunications business. | | '''Vyrant Telecom''' is a [[human]] telecommunications business. |
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| ==Overview==
| | The company had facilities in the city of [[New Mombasa]], [[Earth]], as well as [[New Alexandria]] on [[Reach]]. Vyrant Telecom had an office building, which stood approximately two kilometers tall, in the very center of the New Mombasa. It was easily the highest skyscraper in the city.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref><ref group="note">Measurable by using pan-cam coordinates: the height cap is at 615 WU, the building extends a bit over that, and 1WU=~3 meters</ref> Much like the building in Mombasa, the [[Vyrant Telecom Tower]] in New Alexandria was among the highest buildings in the city.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref> Both towers were destroyed when the Covenant invaded both cities. |
| ===Facilities===
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| Vyrant Telecom had a number of skyscrapers in [[New Mombasa]]. The most prominent, and easily the tallest skyscraper in the city, is their 2 km [[Vyrant Telecom tower (Mombasa)|megatall]] in New Mombasa's [[New Mombasa city center|city center]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''' - Level: ''[[Mombasa Streets]]''</ref>{{Ref/Note|1=Measurable by using pan-cam coordinates: the height cap is at 615 WU, the building extends a bit over that, and 1WU=~3 meters}}
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| Much like the building in Mombasa, the [[Vyrant Telecom Tower]] in New Alexandria was among the highest buildings in the city.{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} | |
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| ==History==
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| ===Founding===
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| Vyrant Telecom was founded at some point before [[2552|August 2552]].
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| {{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
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| During the [[Fall of Reach]], [[Covenant]] forces established a foothold in their skyscraper in New Alexandria. It is likely that skyscraper was lost to Covenant [[glassing]].<ref name="alexandria">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' level ''[[New Alexandria]]''</ref>
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| When the Covenant [[Battle of Mombasa|attacked]] [[Mombasa]], Vyrant Telecom's megatall skyscraper in the city took significant damage.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''' - Level: ''[[NMPD HQ]]''</ref> The Covenant eventually started glassing the city looking for [[Portal at Voi|an ancient artifact]]. This glassing likely destroyed the skyscraper.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''' - Level: ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref>
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| ===Post-war===
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| In either [[2557]] or [[2558]], Vyrant Telecom had multiple advertisements in the city of [[Pilvros]], [[New Carthage]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''' - Multiplayer Map: ''[[Perdition]]''</ref> Vyrant Telecom posted advertisements in [[New Mombasa]] circa [[2560]] after the city had begun [[Project Rebirth|being rebuilt]] following the war.{{Ref/Map|Id=Streets|HINF|[[Streets]]}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Judging by Vyrant's logo and motto, Vyrant might be a parody of the real-world telecommunications company, [[wikipedia:Verizon Communications|Verizon]]. | | *Judging by Vyrant's logo and motto, Vyrant might be a parody of the real-world telecommunications company, [[wikipedia:Verizon Communications|Verizon]]. |
| *An advertisement for Vyrant Telecom appears on the [[Halo 4]] map ''[[Perdition]]''.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Ad_vyrant_telecom.png|An ad for Vyrant Telecom that was shown in New Mombasa.
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| File:H3ODST Vyrant Telecom New Mombasa.png|Vyrant Telecom office building in [[New Mombasa city center]].
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| File:H3ODST - Vyrant Telecom Tower.jpg|The megatall skyscraper in New Mombasa.
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| HINF VyrantAd.png|An advertisement for Vyrant Telecom in New Mombasa.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| *''[[Halo Infinite]]''
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| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| | | [[Category:Human Businesses]] |
| [[Category:Human businesses]] | |
