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The entire story is a flashback told after the initial [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Mombasa|invasion]] on the city of [[New Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], before the arrival of UNSC reinforcements later in the day. | The entire story is a flashback told after the initial [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Mombasa|invasion]] on the city of [[New Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], before the arrival of UNSC reinforcements later in the day. | ||
Journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] commutes to New Mombasa on a [[MagLev Train|monorail train]]. He explains that his job is to edit and manipulate images coming from all over human space, making them more "digestible" for the public. He says his employers pay him well, though he doesn't even know who he is working for: his is actually employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He feels both proud and guilty about his work because he is helping to hide the truth about how mankind is losing [[Human-Covenant War|the war]] against the Covenant. He describes [[Mombasa]] as a cosmopolitan city before the Covenant attack. He remembers when his friends and family thought he was working on a public relations campaign for the [[Hog]]; in reality he was being put under pressure by his employers and his job was getting progressively harder due to the UNSC continuous defeats. He then talks about when the Covenant [[Battle of Earth|found Earth]]: the war always seemed a distant problem to the planet's inhabitants, but soon after it was very present. The train on which he is traveling homebound gets hit by space-falling debris. | Journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] commutes to New Mombasa on a [[MagLev Train|monorail train]]. He explains that his job is to edit and manipulate images coming from all over human space, making them more "digestible" for the public. He says his employers pay him well, though he doesn't even know who he is working for: his is actually employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He feels both proud and guilty about his work because he is helping to hide the truth about how mankind is losing [[Human-Covenant War|the war]] against the Covenant. He describes [[Mombasa]] as a cosmopolitan city before the Covenant attack. He remembers when his friends and family thought he was working on a public relations campaign for the [[Hog]]; in reality he was being put under pressure by his employers and his job was getting progressively harder due to the UNSC's continuous defeats. He then talks about when the Covenant [[Battle of Earth|found Earth]]: the war always seemed a distant problem to the planet's inhabitants, but soon after it was very present. The train on which he is traveling homebound gets hit by space-falling debris. | ||
Giraud then awakes in a hospital when the enemy's ground assault has already begun. During the fight he manages to translate a [[Sangheili]]'s message saying. "We need to clear this area before we can secure access to the [[Installation 00|Ark]]". A [[Unidentified Marine officer (Mombasa)|Marine officer]] tells him to get the recording out of the city to [[UNSC High Command]]. Arriving at the waterfront he finds the whole city's population trying to leave aboard "anything that floats": he realizes that the recording is too important and that he has to get on one of the remaining boats. In the end he gives the recording to a child who otherwise would have remained on the shore alone; he escorts her to a boat and hope she is evacuated safely. | Giraud then awakes in a hospital when the enemy's ground assault has already begun. During the fight he manages to translate a [[Sangheili]]'s message saying. "We need to clear this area before we can secure access to the [[Installation 00|Ark]]". A [[Unidentified Marine officer (Mombasa)|Marine officer]] tells him to get the recording out of the city to [[UNSC High Command]]. Arriving at the waterfront he finds the whole city's population trying to leave aboard "anything that floats": he realizes that the recording is too important and that he has to get on one of the remaining boats. In the end he gives the recording to a child who otherwise would have remained on the shore alone; he escorts her to a boat and hope she is evacuated safely. | ||