Mombasa

Mombasa was a large coastal megacity located in the Earth nation of Kenya, part of the East African Protectorate. Originally established around 900 AD, it was one of the longest, continuously-inhabited cities in East Africa and easily the largest by population until the Covenant invasion of Earth in 2552. At the peak of human residency on Earth, Mombasa boasted a population of over 120 million people across multiple municipalities including Mombasa Island. The city was depopulated in the wake of the initial Covenant assault and glassed during the unearthing of the Voi Portal megastructure. Since the conflict's resolution, the United Nations Space Command established a massive exclusion zone around the portal site, including Mombasa, leading to the city becoming abandoned and falling into disrepair.

Mombasa was a major port city, originally defined by an industry of tourism. Heavily damaged during the late-21st and 22nd-century conflicts and rebuilt through the 23rd century, Mombasa became the global hub for trade and finance eventually becoming the first Earth city to support a space tether in 2302. The city was often split denominally between the financial center, "New Mombasa," and the surrounding municipalities, known collectively as "Old Mombasa." In present times, the single populated fixture of Mombasa is the Mombasa Annex, a large military security installation established on the former Mombasa Tether site.