Section 14: Difference between revisions

'''Section 14''' was a section of the [[New Mombasa Docks|docks]] on the mainland portion<ref name="mombasa waypoint"/> of [[New Mombasa]], [[Africa]], on [[Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo Waypoint]]'', Memory Lane: Headlong</ref> The section's harbor traffic was monitored during the daytime, but not during the night, thus transforming the shoreline of industrialized regions of New Mombasa into some of the most "notorious hangouts" for criminals after the sun sets.<ref name="headlong"/> Section 14 was the primary monitoring outpost of port traffic for [[Nyali]], [[Wikipedia:Tudor Creek|Tudor Creek]], and New Mombasa island.<ref name="mombasa waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''New Mombasa'']</ref>

By the time of the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the area was home to a construction site, which was abandoned following the arrival of [[the Covenant]].<ref name="headlong">''[[Halo 2]]'', multiplayer map, [[Headlong]]</ref> The site would go on to be used as a [[War Games]] [[Headlong|scenario]].<ref name="mombasa waypoint"/>

Section 14 is the location of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer map ''[[Headlong]]''. The map's ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Halo: Anniversary]]'' remake, ''[[Breakneck]]'', is set in a structurally near-identical, yet separate sector, identified as [[Section 21]].<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2011/09/14/The-Halo-Bulletin-91411-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 9/14/11'']</ref> Section 21 is both a nod to Section 14 and a [[Seven|7 reference]], as 14 and 21 are consecutive multiples of 7.