Editing Voi

{{Status|Canon}}

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|image= [[File:H3 TheStorm VoiView.jpg|300px]]

|notable= [[Battle for Earth]]

'''Voi''' was an industrial city in [[Kenya]], [[East African Protectorate]] in [[Africa]] on planet [[Earth]].<ref name="tsavo">''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[Tsavo Highway]]</ref><ref name="storm">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[The Storm]]</ref> After its infestation by the [[Flood]] and subsequent glassing by the [[Fleet of Retribution]], it became known as the '''Voi Exclusion Zone'''.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLtd}}

Voi is located about 140 kilometers away from the coastal city of [[New Mombasa]], and on the edge of the [[Tsavo|Tsavo National Park]], the largest wildlife reserve in the region. The town served as the crossroads for railway lines between three Kenyan cities.<ref name="Voi">[[Wikipedia:Voi|''Wikipedia'': Voi]]</ref> In Voi, a highway known as [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]], or A23, joined with the [[Nairobi Road]] which connected the cities of [[Mombasa]] and [[Nairobi]]. By the 26th century, Voi was a futuristic worker town, and it was filled with mechanical factories and shoreline buildings. A number of [[water]] pumping stations managed by the [[GWC Trans-African Pipelines]], such as the [[Voi Municipal Water Pump House 03]] located around 17 kilometers from Voi, took care of the water supply in the town.

In the mid 26th century, Voi was situated beside a large man-made lake,<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level [[The Storm]] (''"We’ve got Anti-Air Wraiths in the next '''lake bed''', Chief!"'')</ref> which was connected to an ocean inlet leading all the way to New Mombasa on the coast. This waterway provided a way of carrying large amounts of cargo from the facilities in Voi to the [[Mombasa Tether|space tether]] in New Mombasa and other locations around the globe. The shorelines of the lake were filled with warehouses and docking structures; one of the most prominent industrial facilities in Voi was the [[Traxus Factory Complex 09|Factory Complex 09]] of the [[Traxus Heavy Industries]]. Another facility, [[Traxus Factory Complex 71]], was also located nearby on the shores of the lake.<ref>''Halo 3'', multiplayer map [[Foundry]]</ref>

The [[Civilian security forces|law enforcement agency]] of Voi was called [[Voi Greater Outlands Police Bureau]]. [[New Mombasa Waste Management]] provided the waste management services in Voi.{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

Voi has a long history. The town is centuries old, and was formerly a simple market town. According to local history the name of town comes from a slave trader called Chief Kivoi who settled near the Voi river around the 17th century. There after the town grew as a trade post between the local Taita people, other Kenyan tribes and Arabs. The town started to grow at the end of the 19th century when the Kenya-Uganda railway was constructed. People started to move in to work on the railway and the nearby Sisal estates.{{Ref/Reuse|Voi}}

===Covenant occupation===

When the [[Covenant]] [[Battle for Earth|invaded Earth]] in [[2552]], the general region between Voi and Mombasa became their top priority due to the Portal buried underneath it. When the Mombasa Tether collapsed on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], debris rained down upon Voi and the surrounding region. At one point, the UNSC placed a [[Surface-to-air missile launcher|SAM launcher]] in the vicinity of Factory Complex 09 in Voi.{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} During the following weeks, the Covenant forces occupied the city and placed heavy defenses around their excavation.{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}

On November 17, due to the return of [[John-117]], the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was ready for a counterattack. By disabling a Covenant [[Type-27 Anti-Aircraft Cannon|anti-aircraft battery]] from the ground, the UNSC would be able to assault the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] resting on the center of the Portal.{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

The Master Chief arrived in Voi via the Tsavo Highway and joined up with the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] and a large group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]. The battle for the city begun with the UNSC attacking entrenched Covenant forces. During the engagement, many [[Civilian|surviving workers]] from the Traxus facilities, armed with recovered UNSC weapons joined the Marines in their fight to liberate Voi. Together they destroyed multiple {{Pattern|Ogab'd|anti-aircraft Wraith}}s, a [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]], and the Covenant anti-air gun. With the anti-air forces destroyed, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]'s ships attacked the Prophet of Truth's Dreadnought, until Truth activated the Portal to the Ark and escaped through it, with his [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] following.{{Ref/Reuse|storm}}

===Flood infestation===

[[File:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|thumb|250px|Voi and the surrounding areas are [[glassed]] by the [[Fleet of Retribution]] in order to contain the threat of the Flood.]]

The humans learned that the Sangheili were looking for the [[Artificial intelligence|AI construct]] [[Cortana]], who was supposedly aboard the Flood cruiser. Separating from the Arbiter, the Chief went aboard the cruiser. What he found was not [[Cortana]], but a damaged message left by her. As he was inspecting it, [[343 Guilty Spark]] arrived to repair Cortana. All human and Elite forces retreated to the ''Shadow of Intent'' as the fleet [[Glassing|glassed]] Voi, therefore destroying all Flood in the vicinity and preventing the parasite from spreading any further.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Floodgate]]</ref>

 

Voi was terminated as a result of the excavation event; only a few industrial buildings remained. The area was subsequently termed the "Voi Exclusion Zone". [[Operation: JOINT MONITOR]] saw [[Alpha-Nine]] deployed to the zone to ensure any and all Flood were eliminated.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5GLtd|Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition|[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers#Edward Buck|Dossier files]] - Edward Buck}} They did not encounter any remnants of it.<ref name="HNB">''[[Halo: New Blood]]''</ref>

 

On [[2553#March|March 3, 2553]], after the end of the war, [[Voi Memorial|a memorial ceremony]] was held atop a hill in the remains of the town. As humanity began the arduous process of rebuilding, it was decided that this hillside be kept untouched as a memorial to those who did not return from [[Installation 00]] and those fallen in the war at large.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref>

 

Within a couple years, [[ONI]] had established extensive facilities at Voi as part of the effort to study the [[Portal at Voi|portal artifact]], now closed. In [[2555#March|March, 2555]], a joint operations team arrived in town in preparation for [[Operation: FAR STORM]], the third manned mission to Installation 00 that commenced once the portal was reactivated. However, in [[Invasion of Earth|a plot to mine the Earth's resources]] as recompense for the damage incurred to the installation during the battle a few years prior, [[000 Tragic Solitude|its monitor]] sent thousands of [[Sentinels]] streaming through the portal over Voi; this attempt was foiled by elements of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].<ref>''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', page 321</ref>

Due to the artifact's importance, by [[2558]] Voi housed the largest [[Spartan-IV]] garrison on Earth.<ref>''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''</ref>

*One of the ferries used to transport cargo across the lake is encountered stranded on a beach during the level ''[[The Storm]]''.

File:H3 TheStorm Factory Concept 1.jpg|Sketch of Voi.

File:H3 TheStorm Lakebed Concept.jpg|Sketch of the dried port.

File:H3 TheStorm Interior Concept.jpg|Concept art of the factories of Voi.

File:H3 TheStorm WorkerTown Concept.jpg|Concept art of the worker sections of Voi.

File:H3 TheStorm ColourStudy Concept.jpg|Concept art of the waterfront of Voi.

File:H3 TheStorm Lakebed Concept 2.jpg| Another concept art of the shore side facilities at Voi.

File:H3 Crow'sNest_Interior_Concept 3.jpg|Concept art of the savannahs of Voi, as seen from [[Crow's Nest]].

File:H3 TheStorm Boats Concept 2.jpg|Concept art of a cargo ship in Voi.

File:H3 Glassing Concept.jpg|Concept art of John-117 and Marines making their way toward Voi.

File:H3_Voi_Infested.jpg|The city of Voi, thoroughly infested by the Flood.

File:Tsavo_Highway_Mountains.jpg|[[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]], leading to Voi.

File:H3_Foundry_FactoryComplex71_1.jpg|[[Traxus Factory Complex 71]] near Voi.

**''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers|Limited Edition dossiers]]'' {{Mo}}

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