Supporting Characters

Admiral Corinthia Hansen

In accordance with the newly-minted Cole Protocol of 2535, then-Captain Hansen was in charge of ONI’s undercover operation to track the source of Insurrectionists’ modified Covenant weaponry in Charybdis IX’s capital, Scyllion. She would narrowly survive the ensuing battle against the Covenant, going on to receive a number of field promotions before attaining the rank of Admiral and appointed Section Chief of Section One. At the onset of the Battle for Earth in October 2552, Hansen issued the order to Captain Dare to retrieve New Mombasa’s Superintendent AI and the data it held on the Portal artifact. Hansen approved Dare’s request for Alpha-Nine after being impressed with Edward Buck’s CV, and his actions at Charybdis IX in particular. 

The Foreman

New Mombasa’s economic rise during the 24th century warranted the construction of an ocean inlet that connected Voi to the docks of the Mombasa Tether for the purposes of mass cargo transport. Thanks to the significance of the space elevator, Voi saw an influx of new business and with it, the need for an AI to help handle it all: thought of as the Superintendent’s “older brother,” the first-generation “dumb” AI known as the Foreman was created in the early 25th century to manage factory and industrial operations in Voi such as freighting, manufacturing, shipping and scheduling. Though less intelligent and less far-reaching than its younger sibling, the Foreman was nonetheless an integral part of keeping the town alive and was well-liked by the employees it oversaw.

Mike Branley

An ex-NMPD officer who fled his corrupt outfit and New Mombasa itself along with Sadie Endesha, Branley and Sadie split up in Nairobi under unclear circumstances. When Voi came under attack by the Covenant, Branley returned south to help out in any way he could, using his background in law enforcement to save many lives. Using his pseudonym, Harris “Two Shot” Kibaki, to avoid suspicion by any cops still loyal to his former commissioner, he eventually became the de facto sheriff of the Voi Greater Outlands Police Bureau, a smaller, more wholesome department than the NMPD, and coordinated efforts with the UNSC and other local resistance to combat the aliens. However, as one of the last remaining members of his bureau by the end of the battle, he was woefully unprepared to face the Flood.

Nolan Byrne

A hardcore, SPECWAR-trained Marine who was old enough to fight side-by-side with Avery Johnson during the Insurrection into the start of the Covenant War, this grizzled Irishman was present at Voi as the CO of the Marines fighting for the savannah, where he’d eventually fall to the Flood.