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As the diorama was supposedly made as part of a museum display many years after the war, it may have been an intentional distortion of what actually happened by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Two|Office of Naval Intelligence's Section Two]], perhaps in order to prevent knowledge of the [[Halo Array]] and [[the Flood]] from being gained by the general public, and/or to enforce John-117's status as a near-mythical heroic figure. This would fit with the fact that there has been no further mention of the battle. | As the diorama was supposedly made as part of a museum display many years after the war, it may have been an intentional distortion of what actually happened by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Two|Office of Naval Intelligence's Section Two]], perhaps in order to prevent knowledge of the [[Halo Array]] and [[the Flood]] from being gained by the general public, and/or to enforce John-117's status as a near-mythical heroic figure. This would fit with the fact that there has been no further mention of the battle. | ||
As seen in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', the explosion caused by Regret's escape caused relatively superficial damage to the city, rather than razing it, which occurred according to the ''Believe'' campaign. On the morning of October 21st, 2552, the entire city and the surrounding area were [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant in order to unearth the [[The | As seen in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', the explosion caused by Regret's escape caused relatively superficial damage to the city, rather than razing it, which occurred according to the ''Believe'' campaign. On the morning of October 21st, 2552, the entire city and the surrounding area were [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant in order to unearth the [[The Portal|portal structure]]. When John-117 returned to Earth on November 17, he fought in the [[Tsavo]] region and in the town of [[Voi]], though he never returned to Mombasa. | ||
John-117's capture by a [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|chieftain]] and his use of a grenade to escape might have been influenced by similar events inside the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] before it arrived at Earth, where the SPARTAN was indeed captured by a Brute and interrogated, before sticking his captor with a plasma grenade and escaping.<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref> | John-117's capture by a [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|chieftain]] and his use of a grenade to escape might have been influenced by similar events inside the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] before it arrived at Earth, where the SPARTAN was indeed captured by a Brute and interrogated, before sticking his captor with a plasma grenade and escaping.<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref> | ||
