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[[File:Longshorepic.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Longshore (Level)|port]] in Old Mombasa.]] | [[File:Longshorepic.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Longshore (Level)|port]] in Old Mombasa.]] | ||
By [[2552]], Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, | By [[2552]], Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings. Old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines. Mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum. The residents of Old Mombasa even spoke their own dialect, indicating their isolation.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref> | ||
== The Battle of Old Mombasa == | == The Battle of Old Mombasa == | ||