Battle of Mombasa: Difference between revisions

Within the ONI compound, the Marines and the NMPD forces destroyed the bridge leading to the base, in hopes of slowing down the advancing Covenant forces. This did not, however, stop the incoming dropships, but slowed the advance. The human forces fell back to the base's courtyard, which they defended against waves of Covenant attackers, before falling back into the interior of the main building. Again, they fended off multiple waves of Covenant. They then activated [[M168 Demolition Charge|explosives]] inside the complex, to destroy it in order to prevent the Covenant from accessing the Superintendent's data facility deep under the building. The Marines and the police forces evacuated to the roof, where they were picked up by an [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|NMPD Pelican dropship]]. Six hours later, the building was still burning from the explosions.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level, ''[[ONI Alpha Site (level)|ONI Alpha Site]]''</ref>  At the time, the survivors of the siege were unaware that destroying the building had woken a hive of [[Yanme'e]] beneath the building in the Superintendent's data facility, making it much harder to reach the data core later on.