Departure/Sniper Alley

Sniper Alley was a geographical location in Old Mombasa featured in Halo 2, Outskirts. It consisted of one long alley with tall buildings on either side, and a partially collapsed building at the very end that may have been blasted by the Scarab. It was three fourths way to Hotel Zanzibar, and was probably destroyed along with the rest of the East African Protectorate.

Forces
The UNSC: the Master Chief, one squad of Marines. The Covenant:Drones, Jackals, Sniper Jackals, and on higher difficulties, Camoflague Elites.

Outcome

 * After the Marines fought back snipers and several waves of Drones, they finally pulled through and continued the assault to Hotel Zanzibar.


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In Gameplay Combat
During the initial hours of the First Battle of Earth, Covenant Ground Forces may have been disoriented and confused, but were still able to own the city of Mombasa. In the city of old Mombasa, the new Jackal Sniper Corps made their first appearance. After taking out the initial UNSC force, a fire teams worth of these Snipers took up position in one long, lonely alley. Two of these Snipers got on the 2nd and 3rd floor of a building decimated by the Scarab, the third on the ground, hiding behind a weapons container, while the 4th and 5th took up positions on parallel buildings. The Final sniper took up guard duty at the end of the alley. A squad of ground Jackals stood ground in the adjacent alley, along with another squad of snipers in various hidden locations along the rooftops.

A few hours into the battle, after the first Human ground forces were eliminated, many Covenant ground troops sped through the alley to a courtyard on the farside- to deal with a crashed Pelican, and its surviving troops. The Snipers watched as more and more troops moved in, finally totaling three squads of Grunts, Two squads of Jackals, and a pair of Hunters. After fifteen minutes, a burst of gunshots sounded, and the first two snipers fell, dead. The other 4 turned to see a combat team of Humans, one armed with a Beam Rifle, led by the Master Chief. The Jackals instantly recognized the Chief, and opened fire. They were soon reinforced by a flotilla of Drones, but they fought to no avail. While the three Humans fired at the Drones, the Master Chief sniped at the Snipers. Each felt instant death in the form of a 14.5mm APFSDS round penetrated-and exploded-their skulls. Untrained Snipers against a veteran Spartan Supersoldier.

Weapons Caches
Many Marines fell to the troops in Sniper Alley. As such, their corpses now provide the player with ready available ammunition.

The first weapons cache is at the beginning of Sniper Alley. Here you will find a dead marine with a Battle Rifle, M7 SMG, and Sniper Rifle ammo. If you search carefully you will also find a fully charged Beam Rifle.

The Second cache is located in the small alcove in the middle of Sniper Alley. Here you will find Battle Rifle and Magnum ammo, plus a Frag Grenade.