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*A [[Spartan Laser]] can be found on the Covenant side of the destroyed bridge, near where [[Jackson Law]] is in a Warthog. | *A [[Spartan Laser]] can be found on the Covenant side of the destroyed bridge, near where [[Jackson Law]] is in a Warthog. | ||
*Parts of the destroyed [[Space Elevator|Mombasa Space Elevator]] are found near [[Thomas P. Porter]]'s Scorpion is located. | *Parts of the destroyed [[Space Elevator|Mombasa Space Elevator]] are found near [[Thomas P. Porter]]'s Scorpion is located. | ||
*There are no [[Elites]] featured in the | *There are no [[Elites]] featured in the monument becuase of their split from the covenant. | ||
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The John-117 Monument[1] was a comprehensive diorama of the Second Battle of Mombasa, created in honor of SPARTAN-117. Beginning in 2607, the UNSC began commissioning artists to help with the construction of the monument and the museum enclosing it. All of the character, firearm, vehicle, and landscape models were created by hand, both in real life and canonically, with the likenesses of each human soldier based off of "Marine induction scans"[2] and post-postmortems of dead Covenant troops recovered after the battle. Only the men and women who participated in the battle know how it really looked. Based off topographical maps taken before, during, and after the fight, artists were able to precisely pinpoint where everything had to go. Architectural records recovered later provided the basis of what the buildings would look like, but it was the artists jobs to place each point of damage accordingly. They worked fiercely to recreate the amount of damage the city sustained, from bullet holes and craters, to the chunks of missing walls and the exposed re-bars within. Completed in 2610, a documentary began being produced, to chronicle the making of the monument, the soldier's reaction to it, and the museum itself.
Reality
The massive diorama of the John-117 Monument is over 1,200 square feet in size and over twelve feet tall. The Human and Covenant figures are all handcrafted, each standing eight to twelve inches high. The set and vehicles were built by New Deal Studios and the figures were supplied by Stan Winston Studio.
Trivia
- Oddly enough, the battle is not featured in Halo 3, nor is it even mentioned. It is theorized that John-117 participated in the battle only for a short time before the attack on Covenant anti-aircraft gun in Voi.
- A Spartan Laser can be found on the Covenant side of the destroyed bridge, near where Jackson Law is in a Warthog.
- Parts of the destroyed Mombasa Space Elevator are found near Thomas P. Porter's Scorpion is located.
- There are no Elites featured in the monument becuase of their split from the covenant.
