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For a time, these docks brought prosperity to the mainland. Shantytowns were demolished to make way for new office buildings, highways were constructed, and commerce thrived. But by the end of the 23rd century, global warming began to reverse as new technologies emerged and millions of people departed Earth for colonies in the rest of the UNSC-controlled space. Sea levels began receding as temperatures dropped worldwide. In time, the port facilities on the mainland were left literally high and dry.  

Unfortunately, interstellar travel was discovered just as the mainland's ports became useless. In the dawn of the 24th century, Mombasa was chosen to be Earth's first [[Space Elevator|tether]] city. As a result, the [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator]] and its attendant port system was constructed on Mombasa Island. Consequently, the island-city transformed into the hi-tech metropolis of New Mombasa, while the mainland area languished, closed off behind its useless seawall.