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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H2A Campaign OldMombasa Elevator.png|thumb|250px|The elevator as viewed from Old Mombasa; the ''Solemn Penance'' holds position during the city's occupation.]] | ||
{{Quote|The Mombasa space elevator!"<br>"It collapsed when the city got glassed."<br>"But the tether was thousands of kilometers high..."<br>"Yeah? Well now it's scattered all over the Savannah."<br>"Oh crap...|Two [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] discussing the fate of the space elevator.}} | {{Quote|The Mombasa space elevator!"<br>"It collapsed when the city got glassed."<br>"But the tether was thousands of kilometers high..."<br>"Yeah? Well now it's scattered all over the Savannah."<br>"Oh crap...|Two [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] discussing the fate of the space elevator.}} | ||
In the dawn of the 24th century, Mombasa was chosen to be the Earth's first tether city. As a cheap gateway to space, the elevator is the key to New Mombasa's economic and strategic importance. The presence of the elevator radically changed the structure of the city - service roads and a [[MagLev train]] line radiate out from its base, connecting it to nearby warehouses and factories. The elevator's base resides on an artificial island full of warehouses and docking facilities, to provide more docking space for incoming cargo vessels. And it was this influx of business and trade brought in by the elevator that made New Mombasa the metropolis it was by the time of the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invasion]]. | In the dawn of the 24th century, Mombasa was chosen to be the Earth's first tether city. As a cheap gateway to space, the elevator is the key to New Mombasa's economic and strategic importance. The presence of the elevator radically changed the structure of the city - service roads and a [[MagLev train]] line radiate out from its base, connecting it to nearby warehouses and factories. The elevator's base resides on an artificial island full of warehouses and docking facilities, to provide more docking space for incoming cargo vessels. And it was this influx of business and trade brought in by the elevator that made New Mombasa the metropolis it was by the time of the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invasion]]. | ||
[[File:Nmoe slipspace.jpg|thumb|250px|The elevator's support structure, engulfed by the aftereffects of the Slipspace rupture.]] | |||
During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the Mombasa Tether was shut down.<ref name="story">'''Halo 3: ODST''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref> When the [[Prophet of Regret]] retreated, his flagship, ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', initiated [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] transition over the city, right beside the orbital elevator. The resulting shockwave swept through the structure, weakening it considerably. | During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the Mombasa Tether was shut down.<ref name="story">'''Halo 3: ODST''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref> When the [[Prophet of Regret]] retreated, his flagship, ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', initiated [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] transition over the city, right beside the orbital elevator. The resulting shockwave swept through the structure, weakening it considerably. | ||