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'''New Mombasa''' was a major port city and industrial center on [[Mombasa|Mombasa Island]] in south [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]], in the [[East African Protectorate]] on [[Earth]]. | '''New Mombasa''' was a major port city and industrial center on [[Mombasa|Mombasa Island]] in south [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]], in the [[East African Protectorate]] on [[Earth]]. | ||
A dominant feature of the city skyline was the [[Mombasa Tether]], located on the mouth of the river north of the island. [[Old Mombasa]] surrounded the metropolis on all sides on the mainland. Like Earth's other [[Space elevator|tether]] cities, New Mombasa's infrastructure was managed with the help of a second generation [[Dumb AI|"dumb" AI]], the [[Superintendent]].<ref name="odst">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref><ref name="evg">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]],''' ''page 191''</ref><ref>'''[[Bungie.net]]''', ''Halo 3: ODST [http:// | A dominant feature of the city skyline was the [[Mombasa Tether]], located on the mouth of the river north of the island. [[Old Mombasa]] surrounded the metropolis on all sides on the mainland. Like Earth's other [[Space elevator|tether]] cities, New Mombasa's infrastructure was managed with the help of a second generation [[Dumb AI|"dumb" AI]], the [[Superintendent]].<ref name="odst">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref><ref name="evg">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]],''' ''page 191''</ref><ref>'''[[Bungie.net]]''', ''Halo 3: ODST [http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx Field Guide]''</ref> | ||
It was the main target of the initial [[Covenant]] attack during the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref name="outskirts">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Outskirts]]''</ref> The city was invaded, occupied, and destroyed in the course of the conflict. | It was the main target of the initial [[Covenant]] attack during the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref name="outskirts">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Outskirts]]''</ref> The city was invaded, occupied, and destroyed in the course of the conflict. | ||
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In [[2302]], due to its economic stability and prominent location, New Mombasa—at that time the world's busiest sea port—was chosen to be Earth's first [[space elevator]] city. The elevator transformed the city; New Mombasa became one of the most important cities on Earth.<ref name="waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''' "Space Tether" article</ref> | In [[2302]], due to its economic stability and prominent location, New Mombasa—at that time the world's busiest sea port—was chosen to be Earth's first [[space elevator]] city. The elevator transformed the city; New Mombasa became one of the most important cities on Earth.<ref name="waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''' "Space Tether" article</ref> | ||
Over the next eleven years the city experienced explosive growth, but nothing compared to what followed. The city grew out as well as up, its urban sprawl unequaled throughout the continent.<ref name="fieldguide">[http:// | Over the next eleven years the city experienced explosive growth, but nothing compared to what followed. The city grew out as well as up, its urban sprawl unequaled throughout the continent.<ref name="fieldguide">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide: New Mombasa'']</ref> An influx of trade, citizens, and jobs drastically changed the landscape of the city. Within a century, older housing and hotels on Mombasa Island were replaced with vast industrial complexes and gleaming office towers.<ref name="odst"/> | ||
Mombasa would change dramatically with the arrival of the interstellar era. By 2430, New Mombasa had absorbed the entire island and many of the surrounding towns, which became overrun by residents of Mombasa. The switch of name was never official, and though many of the neighborhoods within direct line of sight to the Mombasa Tether still distributed newspapers and chatter directories under their previous names, all municipalities within a 74-kilometer radius of the island became referred to as "[[Old Mombasa]]".<ref name="fieldguide"/> | Mombasa would change dramatically with the arrival of the interstellar era. By 2430, New Mombasa had absorbed the entire island and many of the surrounding towns, which became overrun by residents of Mombasa. The switch of name was never official, and though many of the neighborhoods within direct line of sight to the Mombasa Tether still distributed newspapers and chatter directories under their previous names, all municipalities within a 74-kilometer radius of the island became referred to as "[[Old Mombasa]]".<ref name="fieldguide"/> | ||
