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During the final hours of the day, the area was now full of arriving Covenant [[capital ships]]. More Scarabs have been deployed to the city, and a massive air force of Banshees were deployed to the crater. Buck, Dare and the Rookie made their way to the surface, through a Covenant outpost in [[New Mombasa Sector 1|Sector 1]], and eventually took an elevator to the city's [[New Mombasa Waterfront Highway|Waterfront Highway]]. They then pushed through the highway and made a stand at the entrance to Uplift Reserve. The Phantom captured by the rest of the squad arrived and picked them up, and they made it out just as an assault carrier appeared from slipspace and glassed the area.{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}} | During the final hours of the day, the area was now full of arriving Covenant [[capital ships]]. More Scarabs have been deployed to the city, and a massive air force of Banshees were deployed to the crater. Buck, Dare and the Rookie made their way to the surface, through a Covenant outpost in [[New Mombasa Sector 1|Sector 1]], and eventually took an elevator to the city's [[New Mombasa Waterfront Highway|Waterfront Highway]]. They then pushed through the highway and made a stand at the entrance to Uplift Reserve. The Phantom captured by the rest of the squad arrived and picked them up, and they made it out just as an assault carrier appeared from slipspace and glassed the area.{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}} | ||
Immediately after the Covenant occupation of Mombasa was achieved, the combined [[Covenant fleet]] gathered over [[Kenya]] | Immediately after the Covenant occupation of Mombasa was achieved, the combined [[Covenant fleet]] gathered over [[Kenya]] and continued to uncover [[Portal at Voi|the Forerunner structure which activates a portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]].{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}} While the Covenant fleet was prolongedly glassing the majority of East Africa, millions would have persished over the course of the excavation effort, before it ended at the final stages of the [[Battle of Kenya]].{{Ref/Reuse|hunt}} | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||