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===Wreckage=== | ===Wreckage=== | ||
[[File:OSE landscape.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shattered rings from the elevator seen on Tsavo Highway.]] | [[File:OSE landscape.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shattered rings from the elevator seen on Tsavo Highway.]] | ||
A large portion of the tower's debris was left scattered around Earth's surface, while most of the tether was pulled into space, likely ending up in an unstable orbit around Earth.<ref name="spaceflight">[http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/a-hoist-to-the-heavens ''IEEE Spectrum'': A Hoist to the Heavens]</ref> Debris such as support rings and cables rained down to the surface far as the town of [[Voi]] and its surrounding regions, leaving large areas littered with debris and damaging infrastructure, such as the [[Tsavo Highway]].<ref name="tsavo">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]</ref> After the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] on [[2553|March, 2553]], some debris from the elevator still remained in the area near Voi.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref> | A large portion of the tower's debris was left scattered around Earth's surface, while most of the tether was pulled into space, likely ending up in an unstable orbit around Earth.<ref name="spaceflight">[http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/a-hoist-to-the-heavens ''IEEE Spectrum'': A Hoist to the Heavens]</ref> Debris such as support rings and cables rained down to the surface far as the town of [[Voi]] and its surrounding regions, leaving large areas littered with debris and damaging infrastructure, such as the [[Tsavo Highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]].<ref name="tsavo">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]</ref> After the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] on [[2553|March, 2553]], some debris from the elevator still remained in the area near Voi.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref> | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
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File:H3_TsavoDebris.jpg|One of the tower's stabilizer rings lays damaged near [[Tsavo Highway]]. | File:H3_TsavoDebris.jpg|One of the tower's stabilizer rings lays damaged near [[Tsavo Highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]]. | ||
File:SpaceTether.PNG|The New Mombasa Orbital Elevator in ''Halo 2'', as seen in a 3D model viewer. | File:SpaceTether.PNG|The New Mombasa Orbital Elevator in ''Halo 2'', as seen in a 3D model viewer. | ||
File:H2 side tower.jpg|The tower as seen from [[Old Mombasa]] in ''Halo 2''. | File:H2 side tower.jpg|The tower as seen from [[Old Mombasa]] in ''Halo 2''. |