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== History == | == History == | ||
About 100,000 years ago, when the [[Forerunner]]s discovered Earth near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], the [[Librarian]] landed on Earth near Voi. There, she oversaw the burying of the [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[Portal]] structure, which would be hidden for thousands of years to come. | About 100,000 years ago, when the [[Forerunner]]s discovered Earth near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], the [[Librarian]] landed on Earth near Voi. There, she oversaw the creation and subsequent burying of the [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[Portal]] structure, which would be hidden for thousands of years to come. | ||
Voi has a long history. The town is centuries old, and was formerly a simple market town. According to local history the name of town comes from a slave trader called Chief Kivoi who settled near the Voi river around the 17th century. There after the town grew as a trade post between the local Taita people, other Kenyan tribes and Arabs. The town started to grow at the end of the 19th century when the Kenya-Uganda railway was constructed. People started to move in to work on the railway and the | Voi has a long history. The town is centuries old, and was formerly a simple market town. According to local history the name of town comes from a slave trader called Chief Kivoi who settled near the Voi river around the 17th century. There after the town grew as a trade post between the local Taita people, other Kenyan tribes and Arabs. The town started to grow at the end of the 19th century when the Kenya-Uganda railway was constructed. People started to move in to work on the railway and the nearby Sisal estates.<ref name="Voi"/> | ||
===Covenant Invasion=== | ===Covenant Invasion=== | ||
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The Humans learned that the Separatists were looking for the [[Artificial Intelligence|AI construct]] [[Cortana]], who was supposedly aboard the Flood Cruiser. Separating from the Arbiter, the Chief went aboard the Cruiser. What he found was not [[Cortana]], but a damaged message left by her. As he was inspecting it, [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] arrived to repair Cortana. All Human and Elite forces retreated to the ''Shadow of Intent'' as the fleet glassed Voi, therefore destroying all Flood in the vicinity and preventing the parasite from spreading any further.<ref>'''Halo 3''' ''level [[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''</ref> | The Humans learned that the Separatists were looking for the [[Artificial Intelligence|AI construct]] [[Cortana]], who was supposedly aboard the Flood Cruiser. Separating from the Arbiter, the Chief went aboard the Cruiser. What he found was not [[Cortana]], but a damaged message left by her. As he was inspecting it, [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] arrived to repair Cortana. All Human and Elite forces retreated to the ''Shadow of Intent'' as the fleet glassed Voi, therefore destroying all Flood in the vicinity and preventing the parasite from spreading any further.<ref>'''Halo 3''' ''level [[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''</ref> | ||
Voi was terminated as a result of the excavation event, only a few industrial buildings remained which | Voi was terminated as a result of the excavation event, only a few industrial buildings remained, which were promptly demolished by Separatist activity at the end of the Battle of Voi. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||