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1 - Cut content isn't canon 2 - Marines aren't infallible sources of ancient history 3 - The cut dialog snippet seemed very tongue-in-cheek anyway, as if Baldwin's comment wasn't meant to be taken as factual.
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The | The base is located inside Chawia hill, one of the Taita hills, about 24 kilometers west from Voi, Kenya, a few kilometers north of the [[Tsavo Highway]]. According to a UNSC Marine, Crow's Nest was built for a war in the 20th century. Because of its age, the base often frustrated UNSC personnel because it required constant maintenance and employed outdated technology, such as its [[door]] controls.<ref name="crow"/> | ||
It was used during the [[Battle of Voi]] for its proximity to what the UNSC thought was the [[Installation 00|Ark]] (which in reality was [[the Portal]]), as well as the fact that its fortified location provided relative protection from aerial and [[orbital bombardment]].<ref name="crow"/><ref name="floodgate">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> From it, the UNSC coordinated its resistance efforts in the region surrounding the remnants of New Mombasa and the local countryside. | It was used during the [[Battle of Voi]] for its proximity to what the UNSC thought was the [[Installation 00|Ark]] (which in reality was [[the Portal]]), as well as the fact that its fortified location provided relative protection from aerial and [[orbital bombardment]].<ref name="crow"/><ref name="floodgate">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> From it, the UNSC coordinated its resistance efforts in the region surrounding the remnants of New Mombasa and the local countryside. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Early history=== | ===Early history=== | ||
The Crow's Nest was originally constructed for | The Crow's Nest was originally constructed for an unspecified conflict, evidently in the 20th century. In several locations, [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] compasses can still be seen on the walls. During the occupation of Earth from October to November 2552, it became a base of asymmetrical warfare for human forces in East Africa, because of its prime location deep in the African jungle.<ref name="crow"/> | ||
===Battle of Voi=== | ===Battle of Voi=== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The name "Crow's Nest" originates from a ship's lookout position, located near the mast.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Crow's nest|'''Wikipedia''': ''Crow's nest'']]</ref> | *The name "Crow's Nest" originates from a ship's lookout position, located near the mast.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Crow's nest|'''Wikipedia''': ''Crow's nest'']]</ref> | ||
* | *Crow's Nest and Voi are the only specific locations that are each featured in two different levels in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' campaign. | ||
*In the final cutscene of the previous level, Crow's Nest is wrongly depicted to be located near the base of Mount Kilimajaro, when actually it is at least 90 kilometers East. | *In the final cutscene of the previous level, Crow's Nest is wrongly depicted to be located near the base of Mount Kilimajaro, when actually it is at least 90 kilometers East. | ||
*In ''Halo 3'', a Marine states that the base was built for "some 20th-century war". A snippet of dialog cut from the final game expands on this, with another Marine claiming that the conflict in question was World War II.<ref>[http://youtu.be/a-Q94dLwd8U?t=5m30s '''YouTube:''' ''Halo 3 - Cut Mission Dialog'']</ref> This is unlikely to be the case, however, as Kenya was not involved in World War II to the extent as to warrant the construction of a facility as extensive as Crow's Nest; given the region's lack of involvement in large-scale conflicts as of the early 21st century it is more likely that the base was actually constructed at some point later on. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||