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By [[2552]], Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings. Old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines. Mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref> | By [[2552]], Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings. Old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines. Mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref> | ||
== | ==The Battle of Old Mombasa== | ||
During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], [[John-117|SPARTAN-117]]s Pelican was shot down by a [[Scarab|Covenant Scarab]], and crash-landed in Old Mombasa Sector 0-5. The level [[Outskirts]] starts at this point. Throughout the rest of the mission, the Chief, accompanied by [[Avery J. Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]] and a number of UNSC Marines, fights through the slums of the old city, to the Hotel Zanzibar, out onto the beaches, and finally into the underground highway system that connects the city to [[New Mombasa]]. | |||
Old Mombasa is presumed destroyed or at least heavily damaged by the blast wave unleashed by the escape of [[Prophet of Regret|Regret's]] ship. | Old Mombasa is presumed destroyed or at least heavily damaged by the blast wave unleashed by the escape of [[Prophet of Regret|Regret's]] ship. | ||