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|image=[[File:A ChasmTen.jpg|300px]]

''[[Kikowani Station (level)|Kikowani Station]]'' (following the story)

|player= [[The Rookie]]

|enemies=|enemies=*[[Jiralhanae]]

*[[Yanme'e]]

**[[Yanme'e Minor|Minor]]

**[[Yanme'e Major|Major]]

**[[Yanme'e Ultra|Ultra]]

*[[Unidentified NMPD officer|NMPD Officer]]

|weapons=[[Human]]

*[[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C Assault Rifle]]

*[[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle/Jiralhanae variant|Brute Plasma Rifle]]

*[[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System|Particle Beam Rifle]]

*[[Type-3 Antipersonnel/Antimatériel Incendiary grenade|Flame grenade]]

<center>''For the soundtrack, see [[Data Hive (music)|Data Hive]].''</center>

{{Article Quote|Find Dare, secure the Superintendent.}}

Completing this level on [[Normal]] or higher unlocks the [[Data Hive (achievement)|Data Hive achievement]] and the [[Chasm Ten]] [[Firefight]] map, which is based on this level.

The Rookie, having found [[Veronica Dare|Dare]]'s distress signal after exploring the city, descends down an underground [[elevator]] shaft into the [[Superintendent]]'s [[New Mombasa Data Center|Data Center]]. He arrives at sub-level 7 of the complex and must fight his way down to sub-level 9, where Dare is hiding. On the way down The Rookie has to defeat a range of Covenant, including Brutes and Drones, during this time the Rookie runs into a NMPD Officer searching for his men. He follows the Rookie until he is killed by either the Drones or the Rookie (Depending on the amount of audio logs found). Once the Rookie and Dare are reunited, Dare informs the Rookie of the true nature of their mission. The two then fight through a [[Yanme'e|Drone]] hive to the Superintendent's core to secure its data as well as "the asset," revealed to a rogue [[Huragok]] named [[Vergil]] that has taken refuge there. Vergil has assimilated the Superintendent's data with its own knowledge, making it an extremely valuable defector to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] and a major liability for the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. [[Edward Buck|Buck]] fortuitously arrives just as Covenant reinforcements attempt to secure the complex, and with his help Dare and the Rookie escort Vergil safely to the surface through heavy resistance.

''View of a dimly-lit room in the Superintendent's Data Center is shown, with an [[elevator]] car on the bottom of its shaft. [[The Rookie]] descends from the elevator shaft, and drops to the top of the elevator car.''

*'''Grunt #1''': "Nah. If [[Vergil|traitor]] escape, it their fault, not ours."

''Drones suddenly flies out of the shaft.''

*'''NMPD Officer''': "Son of a bitch! These are my guys. Buggers got all of them! ''(whispers)'' Now I'll have to check on [[Endesha|the Doc]] myself..."

*'''NMPD Officer''': "What are you doing down here, anyway? Don't want to tell me? That's all right...we all have secrets."

''The two defeat the Covenant forces. They eventually meet a dead end with a Data Stack.''

*'''NMPD Officer''': "Go ahead trooper, raise the stack."

''If the player doesn't have 29 of the [[Audio log|Audio Logs]], the officer will stay up as Drones appear.''

*'''NMPD Officer''': "You hear that? Buggers! Down at your level. Oh no! They're up here too! Coming out of the damn vents! Get back! No! Ahhh!"

''The stack closes as the officer is killed by the Drones.''

*'''Superintendent''': "CRIME DOESN'T PAY!"

''Alternatively, if the player does have 29 Audio Logs, the officer jumps down with the player.''

''After heading through the door, the two emerge into an icy hallway, with Covenant patrols and a [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] ahead. The two kills all of them.''

 

*'''NMPD Officer''': "Trooper, hold up a sec. I got to check on a...personnel issue."

 

''The officer walks up to a door on the left side of the frozen room.''

*'''Superintendent''': "ICY CONDITION. CHANGE REQUIRED."

*'''NMPD Officer''': "What are you, stupid?! I told you wait outside!"

*'''NMPD Officer''': "[[Kinsler]] gave me real specific instructions: Make sure [[Endesha|the Doc]]'s dead, and make double sure no one knows about it."

*'''NMPD Officer''': "Sorry, friend... You know way too much."

''If the Officer was already killed by the Drones, the door into Endesha's officer will remain shut:''

*'''[[Sadie Endesha]] (recording)''': "Something's wrong..."

*'''Dare''': "[[Michael Crespo|Some]] [[Taylor H. Miles|idiots]] [[ONI Alpha Site (level)|blew]] [[ONI Alpha Site|the building]] at the top of the shaft. Woke the whole hive."

*'''Dare''': "Here trooper, through the door."

''The Rookie jumps through the hole and lands hard, injuring himself slightly. Dare jumps after him. They emerge into a huge room. The two turn into another room with a Covenant patrol. The Rookie and Dare kill all of them and turn right, into a huge cavern like room with Covenant crates all around.''

''The elevator opens to a narrow hallway. The two walk through it, reaching an opening in it in the middle. They reach another cavernous room. The room's ceiling has became a Yanme'e hive.''

''The Drones start firing. The Rookie and Dare defeat them, but as they progress, more Drones come.''

''The two eliminates more Drones as they move on.''

*'''Dare''': "Something tells me you're not a rookie..."

''The door opens to a slanting hallway with another door at the end. The door opens to a hallway with a scanning device. At the end is another door, which opens to the entrance to the data center.''

''The view shifts to inside the data center. The entrance opens to see the Rookie and Dare. They walk slowly in, weapons at the ready. At the end of the room is what appears to be the data core. As the two look at it, a spark lights off in it and there is a strange noise. The door closes on them. Dare activates the flashlight on her pistol. She points it at the core.''

*'''Superintendent''' ''(on-screen)'': "EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN INITIATED."

''The screen then goes to static, then shuts off entirely. Back with the pair, they walk to the core. Suddenly, Dare's pistol shows a small tentacle through a hole. If the player has 30 audio logs, Dare will raise her pistol but the Rookie stops her and shakes his head. He then whistles to bring the creature out. However, if the player doesn't have 30 audio logs, the Rookie will raise his SMG but Dare objects.''

*'''Dare''': "Don't shoot!"

''Either way, a long and thin head sticks out. The view goes to the pair, where it reveals it's a [[Huragok]].''

''Dare puts her pistol down.''

''The Huragok comes close to them.''

*'''Dare''': "The Slipspace event fried most of the Superintendent's circuits. I thought it might be finishing the job. But now I see that you weren't trying to hurt the Superintendent."

''Dare reaches out a hand and puts it close to the Huragok.''

*'''Dare''': "You were trying to fix it. "

*'''Dare''': "[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] calls them Engineers, believes they're some sort of biological supercomputers. If I'm right, this one's taken the Superintendents data and combined it with its own."

''A beeping noise from the core catches their attention. The Huragok floats toward it and uses a tentacle to push a button, revealing a small monitor. The Superintendent zooms in on some Jetpack Brutes landing on the rooftop. The view goes back to the room. Dare approaches the monitor.''

*'''Dare''': "Those Brutes are here for the Engineer. They'll kill it if they get their chance."

''Dare pulls the lever on the pistol.''

 

''Dare then nods to the Rookie, whose next to the door. The Rookie opens the door. They both raise their weapons.''

''Outside, two Jetpack Brutes jump out while a Phantom drops off more. The Rookie and Dare defeat them. The Rookie proceeds to engage the remaining Covenant.''

*'''Buck''': "Whoah. Easy does it, Rookie"

*Any weapon the player acquired from the [[supply cache]]s on ''[[Mombasa Streets]]'' will not be carried over into this level, even if they are low on ammo. Covenant weapons such as the [[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon|Fuel Rod Gun]] or the [[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System|Beam Rifle]] will carry over.

*The player starts the level on Sublevel 07, another [[list of "seven" references in Halo|7]] reference. The nine sublevels before the player meets Dare is one of the game's many references to The Divine Comedy, specifically the nine circles of hell. According to the book, the ninth level of hell is actually cold, as reflected by the frozen area where the player finds Dr. Endesha's body.

*Just before entering Sublevel 08, the player will encounter an [[Unidentified NMPD officer|NMPD officer]]. The Superintendent is seen acting strangely towards him, refusing to open data stacks for him and saying phrases like "WARNING! HITCHHIKERS MAY BE ESCAPED CONVICTS!" The latter is a reference to the final segment of the level [[The Maw]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.

*This is the only level in the games which the player can use a Flamethrower against non-Flood NPC enemies.

*Two different cutscenes are possible when Dare and the Rookie meet Vergil. The default cutscene plays if the player has not collected all 30 audio logs and shows the Rookie arming his gun and aiming at Vergil before Dare tells him to stand down. If the player recovered all the logs, the cutscene changes to reflect the information gained from reading them. Dare aims at Vergil instead, and the Rookie will motion for her to stand down and whistle for Vergil to come out.

*At the exit of the Drone hive, a lone [[Yanme'e Leader]] occasionally makes a final effort to falter the [[The Rookie|Rookie]]'s progress. It is worth noting that this is the only Yanme'e Leader encountered in the campaign; suggesting it may be the leader of all the Drones encountered in New Mombasa.

*If the player swaps weapons with Dare, she will revert back to an [[M6C/SOCOM]] after finding the Engineer.

File:ODST underground hub.jpg|Concept art of [[the Rookie]] inside one of the data center's various hallways.

File:HiveOverlookConcept.jpg|Concept art of [[Veronica Dare]] inside a chamber overlooking the data core.

File:HiveCatwalkConcept.jpg|Concept art of the Rookie on a catwalk inside the terraformed [[Yanme'e]] hive.

File:Datacenter concept.jpg|Concept art of the [[Superintendent]]'s data core.

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