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 planted [[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]]. Once on board, they detonated the explosives and watched as the ONI building was completely destroyed. Six hours later, the building was still burning from the explosions.<ref name="ONIalphasite">''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 alerted a newly-constructed [[Yanme'e]] hive beneath the building in the Superintendent's data facility, making it much more difficult for UNSC forces to reach the data core later on.<ref name="data">''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level, [[Data Hive]]</ref>

While the Alpha Site was destroyed, Edward Buck and his squad's sniper, [[Kojo Agu]], made their way to the top floors of the [[NMPD headquarters]] building, where they were to be picked up by Pelican with two other ODSTs already onboard. However, the dropship was shot down before landing, and it crashed on another rooftop killing the pilot on impact. Buck and Agu fought their way across the rooftops, and eventually reached the crash site, where they fought off waves of attacking Covenant using heavy weapons from the Pelican. Finally, a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] dropped off from a [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]], killed an NMPD officer and severely wounded Agu. The squad managed to kill the Chieftain, after which they decided to evacuate through the train tunnels which led into Old Mombasa.<ref name="nmpdhq">''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level, [[NMPD HQ (level)|NMPD HQ]]</ref>

By nightfall, nearly all human forces in the city had either been evacuated or destroyed. Among the few survivors were the members of Buck's ODST squad, who arrived at [[Kikowani Station (location)|Kikowani Station]] near the city's northeastern seawall, only to realize that the station, as well as [[Kikowani|its surroundings]] had been flooded by [[water]], making escape through train tunnels impossible. The squad decided to hijack a Phantom dropship, in which they succeeded. Buck escorted the rest of the squad through the flooded sections of the city in a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]. The area was filled with Covenant forces, including a [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]]. After destroying the Scarab, they managed to fly out of the city, when Buck suddenly realized he knew where Captain Dare was and decided to go back to find her, inside the Superintendent's [[New Mombasa Data Center|data center]]. During the battle, arriving Covenant cruisers began excavating the area around the crater created by the slipspace rupture.<ref name="kikowanistation">''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level, [[Kikowani Station (level)|Kikowani Station]]</ref>