H3ODST:Kikowani Station

For the location in New Mombasa, see Kikowani Station (location). For the achievement, see Kikowani Station (achievement).

Concurrent:	Mombasa Streets
Kikowani Station
Game:	Halo 3: ODST
File name (?):	sc150
Player:	Buck (player 1) ODST (co-op)
Date:	October 20, 2552, 2101 hours
Location:	Kikowani, New Mombasa, Earth
Objective(s):	Capture and protect the Squad's Phantom
Par Time:	00:10:00 (Master Chief Collection)
Par Score:	42,000 (Master Chief Collection) 50,000 (Halo 3: ODST)
	Halopedia has a walkthrough guide for this level; see H3ODST:Kikowani Station/Walkthrough.

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Aerial combat in the flooded city.

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Kikowani Station is a campaign level in Halo 3: ODST. In this level, the player takes control of Buck. Chronologically, this is the last flashback level of the game, and also the last time the player play as any of the other squad members other than the Rookie.

Summary

Five hours after the drop, after the skirmish atop NMPD headquarters, the squad carries a wounded Romeo toward Kikowani Station. Buck has a plan to escape the city through the Maglev train tunnels leading to Old Mombasa, only to realize that the area has been flooded by water. Out of options, Buck administers biofoam to Romeo's wound and, in a risky move, decides to hijack a Phantom and fly it out of the city. Buck and Mickey make their way through heavy Covenant defenses on a station platform, where Mickey manages to steal a Phantom. While Dutch and Romeo man its turrets, Buck pilots a Banshee and escorts the Phantom though Covenant lines, which include Banshees, Shades, and Anti-Air Wraiths. After surviving close-quarters aerial dogfights and a few foot skirmishes through tunnels, between high-rises, and over flooded areas of the city, the squad encounters and defeats a Scarab. Clear of the city, Buck ditches his Banshee mid-air and boards the Phantom to rejoin his men. A comment by Romeo allows Buck to realize where Dare is, and he abruptly orders Mickey to turn around the ship so he can go find her.

Transcript

{Cutscene}

BUCK

Kikowani Station

5 hours after drop

Cutscene opens as the Squad approaches the entrance to Kikowani Station. Buck is helping Romeo to walk, while Mickey jumps the rail to scout ahead.

• Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck: "We're almost there."

Romeo starts to have difficulty breathing and protests.

• Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu: (wheezing) "Put... Put me down, put me down for a sec."

Buck puts Romeo against a wall.

• Buck: "Dutch, medkit."

Dutch kneels down, Buck looks through Dutch's pack for a medkit.

• Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles: "What's wrong with him?"

• Buck: "He's got a punctured lung, can't breathe."

Romeo begins coughing and choking, Buck finds a Biofoam Canister and fills the wound with biofoam, Romeo takes in several deep breaths.

• Buck: "Better?"

• Romeo: "N...now what?"

• Buck: "Trains ran underground up to the old city, we're gonna find one of the tunnels, walk on outta here."

Romeo pulls out the canister.

• Romeo: "Ugh...you gonna carry me all the way, sweetheart?"

• Buck: "Was planning on it, but, now that you're feeling better..."

A Phantom suddenly flies overhead, carrying some Engineers underneath it.

• Buck: "Get the door!"

Dutch reaches inside a ticket booth and hits the button to close the security shutter. The view switches to a Superintendent's camera. It watches the Phantom flies away, then shows a confused face at the closing shutter.

• Superintendent: "LOST-AND-FOUND ITEM! DISABLING SECURITY SHUTTER!"

The shutter stops just before being fully closed. The view switches back to the ODSTs, Buck offers Romeo a hand up and Romeo places the empty canister in Buck's hand. Romeo gets up, and Buck casually tosses the Canister away, where it rolls under the door for the Rookie to find later.

• Private First Class Michael "Mickey" Crespo (COM): "Gunny...you're gonna wanna see this."

Buck, Dutch and Romeo head down the stairs into the tunnel, the view switches to another Superintendent camera, this one in the tunnel; it shows the tunnels have been flooded. The camera than starts to zoom in on the squad, the avatar showing a happy face. The view switches back to them, as Buck looks around.

• Mickey: "This means we're screwed, right?"

The camera then shows two trains, one apparently damaged, before returning to the squad. Buck looks up.

• Buck: "Not yet."

They watch a Phantom pass by, then the view switches to Buck's point of view.

• Buck: "Wait here. We're gonna steal that ride. It's landing, now's our chance! Mickey! You're with me!"

Mickey looks and shrugs, Buck nods.

{Gameplay}

• Mickey: "Gunny, I can fly a Pelican, but a Phantom? It's been years since I even ran a simulation!"

• Buck: "Well, let's see what you remember trooper, move!"

If the player stalls:

• Romeo: "Sure, what's the hurry, right? I'll just sit here bleeding through my foam."

• Dutch: "Better get going, Gunny. The sooner we get him out of here, the better."

Buck and Mickey advance, engaging the Covenant troops dropped off by that Phantom and another that lands soon after, also dropping off some Huragok. The second Phantom leaves after it drops off its troops, but the first stays.

• Mickey: "Gunny, more of those floating squids. Should we smoke 'em?"

• Buck: "They're between us and that Phantom, what do you think?"

Buck watches while Mickey enters the Phantom.

Once the area is clear, the two of them advance towards the first Phantom.

• Buck: "Go, Mickey. Up the lift, kill the pilots."

• Mickey: "Here goes nothing!"

Mickey goes up the Phantom's lift, soon SMG shots are heard as Mickey takes out the pilots.

• Mickey (COM): "Ugh, cabin secure. Flight controls read green across the board...well, purple, but she's good to go...I think."

• Buck: "OK, I'll grab a Banshee, you go get Dutch and Romeo."

• Mickey (COM): "On my way."

Buck finds a Banshee while Mickey goes and picks up Dutch and Romeo.

• Mickey (COM): "All set back there?"

• Dutch (COM): "Affirmative. Romeo, let's man these turrets."

If the player flies upward, he can see Ket-pattern battlecruisers flying around a burning crater.

• Mickey (COM): "What do you see, Gunny?"

• Buck: "A whole lot of Covenant, gathering around that slipspace crater. I wonder what they're looking for."

• Mickey (COM): "I bet the Captain would have known."

• Buck: "Yeah... I bet you're right."

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If Buck's Banshee takes too much damage at any point between here and the end of the level:

• Mickey (COM): "Banshee's pretty beat up, Gunny. Might want to grab a new one."

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The squad moves forward, being engaged by Covenant from nearby platforms and balconies. After they clear the area, the door opens and a pair of Banshees fly out.

• Romeo (COM): "Ah! Banshees, comin' through the tunnel."

• Buck: "That's the way we're headed, take 'em out!"

The squad quickly defeats them and heads into the tunnel, engaging more Covenant forces including a tower, and a Wraith.

• Mickey (COM): "Head through the tunnel, Gunny. Go on Gunny, take the lead! Everyone watch their elbows, it's gonna be a tight squeeze."

A Phantom carrying Huragok.

The squad makes it out into the next area where a Phantom is dropping off Huragok at a Recharge Station

• Dutch (COM): "Well, look at that. I think we found us a squid house."

• Romeo (COM): "Give me an angle, I'm gonna burn it to the ground."

The squad destroys the Recharge Station.

• Romeo (COM): "That's right, you damn aliens. Doesn't feel so good does it?"

• Dutch (COM): "Well, like the good book says, payback's a bitch."

• Mickey (COM): "I don't think it actually says that, Dutch."

• Dutch (COM): "I'm paraphrasin', ya heathen!"

The squad approaches the door, but it doesn't open.

• Mickey (COM): "Damn! Covenant must've locked the door to the next area. I see an override switch, Gunny. Hang on, I'll set a beacon."

If the player hesitates, or engages the newly arrived squad of Banshees:

• Mickey (COM): "We're stuck here until you open that door, Gunny!"

If the player stalls:

• Dutch: "Gunny! Get out of your Banshee and hit the switch!"

Buck lands near the door and opens it manually.

• Buck: "Door's open, I'll go first."

• Mickey (COM): "Roger that, following your lead."

Inside the next section, a large squad of Grunts are waiting, but, are easily destroyed by the Banshee. Farther in, another Phantom is dropping more Huragok into another Recharge station, but Buck fires on the station blowing it up, causing the Huragok still on th