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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"/> | 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 | ===Covenant occupation=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Voi}} | {{Main|Battle of Voi}} | ||
When the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invaded Earth]] in [[2552]], the general region between Voi and Mombasa became their top priority due to the Portal buried underneath it. When the Mombasa Tether collapsed on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], debris rained down upon Voi and the surrounding region. At one point, the UNSC placed a [[Surface-to-air missile launcher|SAM launcher]] in the vicinity of Factory Complex 09 in Voi.<ref name="storm"/> During the following weeks, the Covenant forces occupied the city and placed heavy defenses around their excavation.<ref name="tsavo"/> | When the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invaded Earth]] in [[2552]], the general region between Voi and Mombasa became their top priority due to the Portal buried underneath it. When the Mombasa Tether collapsed on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], debris rained down upon Voi and the surrounding region. At one point, the UNSC placed a [[Surface-to-air missile launcher|SAM launcher]] in the vicinity of Factory Complex 09 in Voi.<ref name="storm"/> During the following weeks, the Covenant forces occupied the city and placed heavy defenses around their excavation.<ref name="tsavo"/> | ||
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The Master Chief arrived in Voi via the Tsavo Highway and joined up with the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] and a large group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]. The battle for the city begun with the UNSC attacking entrenched Covenant forces. During the engagement, many [[Civilian|surviving workers]] from the Traxus facilities, armed with recovered UNSC weapons joined the Marines in their fight to liberate Voi. Together they destroyed multiple [[Anti-Air Wraith]]s, a [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]], and the Covenant anti-air gun. With the anti-air forces destroyed, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]'s ships attacked the Prophet of Truth's Dreadnought, until Truth activated the Portal to the Ark and escaped through it, with his fleet following.<ref name="storm"/> | The Master Chief arrived in Voi via the Tsavo Highway and joined up with the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] and a large group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]. The battle for the city begun with the UNSC attacking entrenched Covenant forces. During the engagement, many [[Civilian|surviving workers]] from the Traxus facilities, armed with recovered UNSC weapons joined the Marines in their fight to liberate Voi. Together they destroyed multiple [[Anti-Air Wraith]]s, a [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]], and the Covenant anti-air gun. With the anti-air forces destroyed, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]'s ships attacked the Prophet of Truth's Dreadnought, until Truth activated the Portal to the Ark and escaped through it, with his fleet following.<ref name="storm"/> | ||
===Flood | ===Flood infestation=== | ||
[[File:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Voi and the surrounding areas are [[glassed]] by the [[Fleet of Retribution]] in order to contain the threat of the Flood.]] | [[File:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Voi and the surrounding areas are [[glassed]] by the [[Fleet of Retribution]] in order to contain the threat of the Flood.]] | ||
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The humans learned that the Sangheili 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]] arrived to repair Cortana. All human and Elite forces retreated to the ''Shadow of Intent'' as the fleet [[Glassing|glassed]] Voi, therefore destroying all Flood in the vicinity and preventing the parasite from spreading any further.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> | The humans learned that the Sangheili 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]] arrived to repair Cortana. All human and Elite forces retreated to the ''Shadow of Intent'' as the fleet [[Glassing|glassed]] Voi, therefore destroying all Flood in the vicinity and preventing the parasite from spreading any further.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> | ||
Voi was terminated as a result of the excavation event; only a few industrial buildings remained | Voi was terminated as a result of the excavation event; only a few industrial buildings remained. The area was subsequently termed the "Voi Exclusion Zone". [[Operation: JOINT MONITOR]] saw [[Alpha-Nine]] deployed to the zone to ensure any and all Flood were eliminated.<ref name="H5GLtd">'''Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition''', ''Spartan Locke's Classified Orders''</ref> They did not encounter any remnants of it.<ref name="HNB">''[[Halo: New Blood]]''</ref> | ||
===Post-war=== | |||
{{Main|Invasion of Earth}} | |||
On [[2553#March|March 3, 2553]], after the end of the war, [[Voi Memorial|a memorial ceremony]] was held atop a hill in the remains of the town. As humanity began the arduous process of rebuilding, it was decided that this hillside be kept untouched as a memorial to those who did not return from [[Installation 00]] and those fallen in the war at large.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> | |||
Within a couple years, [[ONI]] had established extensive facilities at Voi as part of the effort to study the [[Portal at Voi|portal artifact]], now closed. In [[2555#March|March, 2555]], a joint operations team arrived in town in preparation for [[Operation: FAR STORM]], the third manned mission to Installation 00 that commenced once the portal was reactivated. However, in [[Invasion of Earth|a plot to mine the Earth's resources]] as recompense for the damage incurred to the installation during the battle a few years prior, [[000 Tragic Solitude|its monitor]] sent thousands of [[Sentinels]] streaming through the portal over Voi; this attempt was foiled by elements of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].<ref>''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', ''page 321''</ref> | |||
Due to the artifact's importance, by [[2558]] Voi housed the largest [[Spartan-IV]] garrison on Earth.<ref>''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
