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[[File:OSE landscape.jpg|right|thumb|Shattered rings from the elevator seen on Tsavo Highway.]] | [[File:OSE landscape.jpg|right|thumb|Shattered rings from the elevator seen on Tsavo Highway.]] | ||
=== ''Halo 3'' === | === ''Halo 3'' === | ||
The elevator was not seen again until the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]], in which several of its stabilizer rings lay shattered in the background hills. Concept art from the | The elevator was not seen again until the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]], in which several of its stabilizer rings lay shattered in the background hills. Concept art from the ''Halo 3'' Zune confirmed that the wreckage of the space elevator would play an important part in the design of the Earth levels. | ||
The elevator did make an appearance in the final game, with the player fighting through its ruins throughout the level [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]] and even hearing some dialogue concerning its fate from [[UNSC Marine Corps/Gameplay|Marine allies]]. | The elevator did make an appearance in the final game, with the player fighting through its ruins throughout the level [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]] and even hearing some dialogue concerning its fate from [[UNSC Marine Corps/Gameplay|Marine allies]]. | ||
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[[File:Elevator_standing.png|thumb|right|The tether following the slipspace event.]] | [[File:Elevator_standing.png|thumb|right|The tether following the slipspace event.]] | ||
=== ''Halo 3: ODST'' === | === ''Halo 3: ODST'' === | ||
In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', the Mombasa Tether plays its most prominent role. The structure has been reimagined from its ''Halo 2'' incarnation; its base is located on an artificial island west of the city center, with [[MagLev Train]] lines leading to it, instead of the center of the Mombasa island in ''Halo 2''. Its general appearance has also been changed, with a different, near-symmetrical base structure, and an additional support structure surrounding the lower part of the tether. | In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', the Mombasa Tether plays its most prominent role. The structure has been reimagined from its ''Halo 2'' incarnation; its base is located on an artificial island west of the city center, with [[MagLev Train]] lines leading to it, instead of the center of the Mombasa island in ''Halo 2''. Its general appearance has also been changed, with a different, near-symmetrical base structure, and an additional support structure surrounding the lower part of the tether. | ||