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{{Status|Canon}} {{Battle infobox |prev = *[[Battle of Cleveland]] *[[Battle of Sector Six]] *[[Attempted assassination of the Prophet of Truth]] |conc = [[URNA Southwest Campaign]] |next = *[[Operation: MARSH FLASH]] *[[Battle of Installation 00]] |image=[[File:H3-AssaultCarrier-MasterChief-crop.jpg|400px]] |conflict=*[[Human-Covenant War]] **[[Battle for Earth]] |date=c. [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]]{{Ref/Reuse|sa}}{{Ref/Note|Id=battleend|Although the date of the beginning of this battle is unknown, the events of ''Halo 3'' on Earth, including the end of the battle with the glassing of Voi, takes place on this date.}} |place=[[Kenya]], [[East African Protectorate]], [[Earth]] |result= '''Pyrrhic UNSC-Fleet of Retribution tactical victory''' *[[Voi]] and surrounding area [[H5G:Glassed|Glassed]] *[[Flood]] threat contained '''Strategic Covenant victory''' *Portal to the Ark successfully opened *Covenant strategic withdrawal to the Ark |side1 = *{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command]] **{{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy]] ***{{Icon|ONI}} [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] **[[UNSC Air Force]] **[[UNSC Marine Corps]] ---- *{{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant separatists]] **[[Fleet of Retribution]] |side2 = *{{Icon|Covenant H2}} [[Covenant]] |side3 = *[[Flood]] {{c|late in battle}} |commanders1=*[[Fleet Admiral|FADM]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] *[[Commander|CDR]] [[Miranda Keyes]] *[[Sergeant Major|SGTMAJ]] [[Avery Johnson]] *[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] *[[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] {{c|late in battle}} |commanders2=[[Hierarchs|High]] [[Prophet of Truth]] |commanders3=[[Gravemind]] |forces1= *[[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] **[[Seventh Fleet]]{{Ref/Book|Id=guide|EVG|Page=74}} ***[[Battle Group Victory]]{{Ref/Generic|Id=loot2NRA2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 002 Doc 4.jpg|Naval Records Archives #2]]}} ****7+ {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|HM|Page=117}} ****Multiple [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longswords]]{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} *Many air vehicles **Several [[D77H-TCI Pelican]]s{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} **Multiple [[AV-14 Hornet]]s{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} *Many ground vehicles **[[M12 Warthog|Warthogs]] ***[[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Chaingun Warthogs]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} ***[[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|Troop Transport Warthogs]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} **[[M274 Mongoose|Mongooses]]{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} *Numerous ground forces *[[Civilian|Armed civilians]]{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} ---- *[[Fleet of Retribution]] {{c|late in battle}} **1 [[battle group]]{{Ref/NoteReuse|composition}} ***1+ {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}{{Ref/Level|Id=ark|H3|H3:The Ark|The Ark}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|fleetsize}} ***9+ {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|ark}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|fleetsize}} **[[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom#Retribution Phantom|''Ru'swum''-pattern Phantoms]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} *Ground forces **[[Covenant Special Operations|SpecOps]] [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} **1+ [[Sangheili Major]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} |forces2=*[[Truth's fleet]] **49+ ships{{Ref/Note|Id=fleetsize|See [[Truth's fleet#Notes|Truth's fleet's Notes section]] about the size of the fleet along with the battle group of the Fleet of Retribution and the Battle Group Victory.}} ***1 [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} ***2+ {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s{{Ref/Reuse|ark}} ***1+ {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=loot5|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #5]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 05 Doc1.jpg|Apollo Leader To CDR S. Palmer]]}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Env}} ***At least 44 [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}{{Ref/Note|As seen in the ''Tsavo Highway'' and ''The Storm'' levels, at least 38 gathered distant cruisers can be observed over the ruined Mombasa city and are depicted in the likeness of ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers though are all background 2D graphics instead 3 dimensional renders, making their sizes maybe not accurate. As they were also not canonly confirmed to be ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers, this could indicate that several of these cruisers might be {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}s (only properly introduced in ''[[Halo 4]]'') due to be virtually identical to the ''Ket''-pattern in outward appearance. An additional at least 6 ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers (in 3 dimensional renders, thus with accurate sizes comparing to the assault carriers) can be seen in the last cutscene of the ''Tsavo Highway'' level.}} ****6+ {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} ***1+ [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]{{Ref/Reuse|loot5}} *Many air vehicles **{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} **{{Pattern|Irdnekt|Banshee}}s{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} *Many ground vehicles **[[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|T-32 Ghosts]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} **[[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|T-25 Choppers]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} **[[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|T-26 Wraiths]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} **[[Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|T-52 AA Wraiths]]{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} **1+ [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|T-47B Scarab]]{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} **Multiple [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|T-27 Mantis]]{{Ref/Reuse|loot2NRA2}} *Numerous ground forces **[[Jiralhanae]] **[[Unggoy]] **[[Kig-Yar]] **[[Yanme'e]] **[[Mgalekgolo]] |forces3=*1 captured {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} *[[Pod infector]]s{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} *[[Flood combat form|Combat forms]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} *[[Flood carrier form|Carrier forms]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} *[[Flood pure form|Pure forms]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} |casual1 = Moderate/heavy ground forces |casual2 = Heavy ground forces *All T-27 Mantis{{Ref/Reuse|loot2NRA2}}{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} *1+ T-47B Scarab{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} |casual3 = Total{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} }} {{Quote|[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]], the [[Prophet of Truth]] doesn't know it yet, but he's about to get kicked right off his throne. You will take our [[Voi|city]] back. And drive our enemy into the grave they've been so happily digging. [[Battle of Voi|One final effort]] is all that remains.|[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]}} The '''Battle of Kenya'''{{Ref/Game|Id=sa|SA|[[Halo: Spartan Assault co-op missions|Flood missions]] introductory cutscene}} was a large [[battle]] between forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Fleet of Retribution]] against the [[Covenant]], and later, the [[Flood]] during the later stages of the [[Battle for Earth]] on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]]. The fighting was spread across the African countries of [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] and culminated in the retreat of the majority of the remaining Covenant forces from Earth and the [[glassing]] of a portion of the continent by Sangheili warships to prevent the spread of the Flood across the planet.{{Ref/Level|Id=flood|H3|H3:Floodgate|Floodgate}} ==Background== [[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|left|250px|Truth's fleet uncovering the portal to the Ark.]] After discovering a [[Forerunner]] [[Luminary]] on [[Meridian]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] discovered the presence of a gateway [[Excession|portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] on the planet of "[[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]]". From the Ark, he would be able to activate the [[Halo Array]] and commence the [[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|"Great Journey"]]. To this end, he and his [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] of fifteen warships made for the portal's location. Unbeknownst to Regret, Erde-Tyrene was actually the heavily-defended [[planet|homeworld]] of [[human]]ity. On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], the Prophet's fleet arrived at Earth and was immediately engaged by the numerically-superior UNSC [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]], forcing him to jump his [[Solemn Penance|personal]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] directly to the [[city]] of [[New Mombasa]].{{Ref/Game|Id=sscirc1arc2|ODST|Sadie's Story|Detail=Circle 1, Arc 2}} As his troops in the city were repelled by UNSC ground forces and faced with interception by human fleet elements were he to return to orbit, Regret opted to initiate a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump to [[Installation 05]] while still over New Mombasa.{{Ref/Level|Id=H2Metro|H2|H2:Metropolis|Metropolis}} This jump heavily damaged the city, and partially revealed the portal that the Prophet had been searching for.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3RDrop|ODST|Prepare To Drop}} One day after his departure,{{Ref/Site|Id=waypointvergil|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-vergil-reality|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality|D=15|M=06|Y=2021}} a large [[Jiralhanae]]-led [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] arrived and resumed control of the battle, deploying more additional ground troops into the devastated city while their ships begun to excavate the portal beneath Mombasa.{{Ref/Level|ODST|Coastal Highway}}{{Ref/Film|Id=Oct20|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} Over the course of the month, the fighting would spread across the globe, with newer Covenant reinforcements now continuing to arrive and attacking various locations including [[North America]],{{Ref/Reuse|loot2NRA2}} [[Mount Erebus]] in the [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctic]], the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] and [[Havana]], [[Cuba]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=hgoo23|GoO|Chapter=23}} Covenant fleets would continue to arrive throughout the battle, scattering Earth's orbital defense grid as the [[Great Schism]] would begin with [[Sangheili]] forces now removed from the Covenant now led by the Jiralhanae.{{Ref/Reuse|hgoo23}} On November 17, [[Truth's fleet#Further engagements|final Covenant loyalist naval forces]], including a final contingent of Jiralhanae-controlled warships from the [[Fall of High Charity|splintered]] [[High Charity]] [[High Charity defense fleet|defense fleet]], would arrive and began to route the numerically-inferior and outgunned remnants of Home Fleet and inflict heavy losses on the human defenders as the Prophet of Truth himself would arrive on board the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. This armada nearly completely shattered the weakened orbital defense grid, allowing it to inflict more catastrophic terrestrial casualties with their subsequent [[Orbital bombardment|bombardment]] on the now-pratically defenseless Earth.{{Ref/Level|Id=crows|H3|H3:Crow's Nest}} As [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] departed from the ''Anodyne Spirit'' during the Forerunner ship's descent into Earth's atmosphere, [[S. Hartley|an]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] in [[Sector Six]] managed to use a [[laser designator]] to determine the Master Chief's trajectory.{{Ref/Film|Id=landfall|HLa}} This allowed several squads of Marines led by [[Avery Johnson]] to locate the Spartan after he crashed into a [[Tanzania]]n jungle south of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]].{{Ref/Level|Id=arrival|H3|H3:Arrival|Arrival}} Covenant ground forces would heavily occupy swathes of territory in [[Kenya]], overwhelming UNSC defenders along the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] and in the city of [[Voi]], where they would station heavy defences including numerous [[Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|Anti-Aircraft Wraiths]] and [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis]] emplacements as part of a network of extensive perimeter defenses for the Ark's portal.{{Ref/Level|Id=storm|H3|H3:The Storm|The Storm}} Remaining UNSC personnel were scattered and cut off from friendly forces, forced to hunker down and fight for their lives against heavy Covenant opposition.{{Ref/Level|Id=tsavo|H3|H3:Tsavo Highway|Tsavo Highway}}{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} The final remaining UNSC stronghold in the region was a re-purposed 20th-century base, [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]], located within close proximity to the city of Voi. From here, the UNSC would co-ordinate their remaining forces and treat [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] wounded in the field. After [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]]' arrival at Earth from [[Installation 05]], she would assume command of the base.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} {{clear|left}} ==Battle== ===Recovery of John-117=== {{Main|Recovery of John-117}} {{Quote|no=two|[[Avery Johnson]]|[[John-117]]|q1=Radio for [[VTOL]], heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here.|q2=Yeah, you're not.|John-117 after regaining consciousness.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}}} [[File:H3 Sierra117 Marines.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John-117 and a fireteam of Marines in the Tanzanian jungle.]] In the morning of 17 November, 2552, Sergeant Major Avery Johnson led [[First Squad|several]] [[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|teams]] of Marines into the jungles of [[Tanzania]] to recover [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]], using the triangulation data acquired by forces [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] in [[Sector Six]]. The Marines succeeded in finding the Master Chief, who was unconscious after his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor]] had been locked by it's [[Hydrostatic gel|gel layer]]. After some uncertainty regarding the his status, John woke up, informing Johnson that [[Cortana]] had remained on [[High Charity]]. After some initial hostility between John-117 and [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], the Chief was given an [[MA5C assault rifle|assault rifle]] as the unit prepared to move out.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} As the group moved through the jungle towards their extraction point at a nearby river, [[Reynolds|Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds]] of [[Bravo Team]] warned them of nearby [[Covenant]] forces before dropping out of contact. The group opted to split up to reduce the likelihood of being spotted by Covenant patrols. John, Thel and [[First Squad]] soon came into contact with [[Jiralhanae]]-led Covenant forces, and were forced to fight through several groups dropped off by [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] before they made their way through an encampment heavily defended by Covenant troops. They soon rescued Reynolds, the sole survivor of Bravo Team who was being tortured for information by a Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]]. Johnson's group made it to the river first, and were under heavy attack by Covenant troops by the time the Master Chief and Thel arrived. Both extraction [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] were shot down by [[Fuel rod cannon|fuel rods]] fired by [[Irdnekt-pattern Banshee|Banshees]], with ''[[Echo 051]]'' containing Johnson and Second Squad crashing half a kilometer downriver from the dam. John, Thel and the Marines of First Squad made their way back into the jungle, fighting through a narrow pass filled with [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar Sniper|snipers]] before witnessing Johnson and his unit fleeing from ''Echo 051's'' crash site under heavy Covenant fire. Eventually clearing out all of the Covenant in the area, John and Thel proceeded into the cave Johnson had taken, which emerged onto an overlook of the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]], where they discovered that Johnson had been taken [[Prisoner of war|prisoner]] by a large group of Covenant led by a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]. The team was able to fight their way across the facility, eliminating the Chieftain and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguards]] before reaching the building that Johnson was detained in. After releasing the sergeant and his surviving Marines, the group held out against two Phantoms and their complements of infantry until ''[[Kilo 023]]'' arrived. The Pelican promptly destroyed the two Phantoms and landed, allowing the group to leave the jungle for the nearby UNSC [[Military base|base]] [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]].{{Ref/Level|Id=sierra117|H3|H3:Sierra 117|Sierra 117}} ===Attack on Crow's Nest=== {{Main|Attack on Crow's Nest}} {{Quote|You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your world will burn until its surface is but glass! And not even your demon will live to creep, blackened from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage... the culmination of our journey. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I? I ''am'' their instrument!|[[Prophet of Truth|The Prophet of Truth]] threatening UNSC personnel in Crow's Nest.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}}} [[File:Truthhack.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Prophet of Truth hijacks Crow's Nest's operations center monitors.]] [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Keyes]] arrived at Crow's Nest's landing pad to meet John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Sergeant Johnson. After greeting the Spartan, she escorted the group towards the operations center, briefing the Spartan about the previous events following Truth's arrival at Earth before confirming that she had managed to stop [[Installation 05]]'s activation sequence, but the [[Halo Array]] remained on standby and ready to activate from the [[Installation 00|Ark]], which she believed to be the main focus of the Covenant in Kenya. John then reported in to [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Hood]], who was confident in Keyes' plan to neutralize one of the [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis Anti-Aircraft Cannons]] in Truth's array of defenses with the support of the Spartan, allowing [[Battle Group Victory|a battle group]] from the tattered UNSC Home Fleet to assault the excavation site, believed by the UNSC to be the Ark but in reality was the [[Excession]] that would lead to the installation. Before Hood could continue, the power cut out completely, before the High Prophet of Truth himself broadcasted a message to the base, promising to reduce Earth to [[Glassing|glass]] and telling them that even the [[Covenant religion#Demons|"Demon"]] would perish. After Truth cut the broadcast, Keyes immediately ordered the base's personnel to prepare for departure, knowing that the Covenant would soon attack. Johnson and Thel remained to guard the operations center while John moved towards the hangar which the Phantoms would use to deploy troops. As Marines assembled [[AIE-486H machine gun|machine gun turrets]] and other defences, a series of tremors shook the base as Covenant forces begun their offensive. The Master Chief made his way into the base's vehicle access, arriving too late to save a [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Warthog]]'s destruction from [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenades]]. John and his Marines pushed down the vehicle access, defeating Covenant troops before arriving at the hangar, where they provided assistance for the locally-stationed Marines in repelling several Phantom's and their complements of infantry sent from a nearby {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. Once all Covenant were defeated, a Pelican was able to undock and descend, allowing the Marines in the hangar to exfiltrate from the base.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} [[File:H3 Brute Chieftain and Bodyguards.jpg|thumb|250px|A Jiralhanae Chieftain and his bodyguards in Crow's Nest's motor pool.]] At this time, the Covenant attack on the base intensified. The operations center came under heavy Covenant attack prompting Sergeant Johnson to recall the Master Chief. At the same time, [[Yanme'e]] infiltrated Crow's Nest through the base's ventilation system and the barracks was attacked by a large [[Jiralhanae]] [[pack]] led by a [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]], which would see the majority of it's personnel massacred and several survivors tortured and killed for sport. In the cave before the operations center, a massive swarm of Yanme'e burst out of the ventilation pipes behind the Marine defenders. Due to the timely arrival of John-117, the Drones were all taken out. In the operations center, Commander Keyes radioed in from ''[[Kilo 023]]'', revealing to John the [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] that Marines were rigging to detonate to wipe out the Covenant attackers after all UNSC personnel had evacuated. Johnson led the Chief to a door that would lead to the barracks, where they had lost contact from the Marines within. John advanced into the base's motor pool, fighting a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] and his pack. After clearing the motor pool, John made his way to the barracks, where Thel revealed that the Jiralhanae had taken prisoners. The two fought through the barracks, rescuing the few Marines that lived and killing every Covenant soldier in the vicinity including a War Chieftain. They led the surviving Marines onto an elevator to the landing pad. Unfortunately, ''Kilo 023'' was attacked by a unit of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Jumper|Jumpers]] attempting to destroy her engines. John, Thel and the Marines subsequently defeated the Brutes, with Sergeant Johnson and a small group of Marines arrived immediately after, on the run from the operations center which had been overrun by the Covenant. Keyes ordered John to return to the operations center and re-arm the bomb. Johnson, Thel and the surviving Marines boarded ''Kilo 023'' and left the base, leaving John as the only living human still in Crow's Nest.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} [[File:Saved.jpg|thumb|left|200px|John-117 rushes to save a Marine prisoner from the Jiralhanae.]] John-117 made his way back down the path Johnson had arrived from, passing numerous destroyed Warthogs and Marine corpses, clearing a path to the operations center that was now heavily fortified by Covenant plasma cannons. After clearing out the motor pool, the Spartan entered the operations center where he overheard a conversation between the Prophet of Truth and the War Chieftain commander. John took the Covenant forces by surprise and killed them all before re-arming the UNSC bomb. With smaller charges going off throughout the base, the Spartan hastily made his way towards the hangar, retracing his steps from earlier while being assailed by more quotes from Halsey. Engaging scattered and panicking Covenant forces as he went, he arrived in the hangar as Phantoms departed, abandoning Unggoy and Kig-Yar to their fates. John pushed through and entered an elevator, the doors closing just as flames from the bomb's detonation reached the hangar bay. As the elevator descended, fire exploded into the elevator shaft, sending the elevator plummeting into the depths and knocking the Spartan unconscious, the last thing he heard being Cortana telling him that this would be his tomb.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} {{clear|left}} ===Assault on the Tsavo Highway=== {{Main|Assault on the Tsavo Highway}} {{Quote|There's something in the crater, Ma'am. Something beneath the storm|[[ONI Recon 111]] reporting the existence of what UNSC forces assumed was the Ark.{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}}} [[File:Tsavo Highway.jpg|thumb|250px|John-117 fighting Jiralhanae at Voi Municipal Water Pump House 03.]] After regaining consciousness in an underground vehicle bay, John regrouped with [[Reynolds|Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds]] and other Marine survivors. While all the troops fit for duty mounted a pair of surviving Warthogs, the injured personnel and the men treating them remained behind. The two Warthogs passed through the large cave system beneath the base before emerging into the open air of Kenya, where chunks of the [[Mombasa Tether]] lay strewn across the plains following it's collapse during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 20]].{{Ref/Level|ODST|Uplift Reserve}}{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} Seeking to put as much distance as possible between themselves and ''Crow's Nest'', the two Warthogs made their way across the plains, engaging scattered Covenant troops gathered around their destroyed Phantoms while Reynolds attempted to raise Commander Keyes on [[COM]] to no avail. The team eventually reached a small dam occupied by Covenant forces, which they successfully traversed. As they left the dam, they got a garbled message from [[Marcus Stacker|Gunnery Sergeant Stacker]] who was leading a supply convoy down the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] for the Marines in [[Voi]]. The sergeant's convoy had been attacked by [[Irdnekt-pattern Banshee|Banshees]] and subsequently attacked by Covenant infantry and vehicles who sealed a nearby tunnel with an [[anti-vehicle barrier]]. As John and his team arrived at the survivor's location, they witnessed a Warthog getting rammed by a [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|Chopper]]. The team engaged in combat with the various Covenant units in the area, including several Choppers, a number of [[Rizsheda-pattern Shade|Shade]] turrets and snipers. With the Covenant presence depleted, the survivors retreated behind the energy barrier, where a swarm of Yanme'e emerged to attack the humans. The UNSC forces eventually killed all of the Covenant soldiers and John destroyed the barrier's power source, while a nearby [[Holography|hologram]] of the Prophet of Truth sermonized the [[Excession|artifact]] in the excavated ruins of [[Mombasa]]. Stacker prompted John to continue on to Voi, as the beleaguered Marines in the city would be grateful for his assistance. John and his convoy of vehicles continued through the tunnel and along the Tsavo Highway, witnessing a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} pass overheat towards the portal site. An [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[ONI Recon 111|reconnaissance team]] reporting Covenant activity at the excavation site confirmed the existence of the portal within. Eventually forced to dismount due to [[roadblock]]s and a broken section of highway, John and his team continued on foot. Commander Keyes finally re-established communication with John, believing that the object Truth had uncovered was the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. John eventually reached [[Voi Municipal Water Pump House 03]], the site of a large battle with Marines holding a network of structures on top of a nearby hill from encroaching Covenant forces. John assisted the Marines in killing the enemy soldiers and regrouped with the Marines, where they informed him that they needed to hold their position until Pelicans could arrive with resupply for a push against heavy Covenant armor on Tsavo Highway.{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}} [[File:H3 E3 Tsavo Highway Road.jpg|thumb|left|250px|UNSC forces assault the Covenant-held Tsavo Highway.]] The team were forced to fend off two Phantoms transporting larg