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[[File:Coelest.jpg|thumb|Substance and [[Installation 05]]. Distances are not to scale.]]
'''Substance'''<ref>http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive24.pl?read=700986</ref><ref group="note">While not named during the game, the file containing the planet's graphics were found to be named "Substance". Similarly, there was a file called "[[Threshold]] and [[Basis]]" in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.</ref> is a greenish-blue gas giant, and it is the planet which [[Installation 05]] orbits. In its colour, it is somewhat is similar to the planet [[wikipedia:Uranus|Uranus]], though it masses more.


[[File:Coelest.jpg|thumb|Substance and [[Installation 05]].]]
Unlike on [[Installation 04]], where its parent planet [[Threshold]] could be seen quite clearly, especially at night <ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''' level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>, on Installation 05, Substance is very difficult to see in the sky. In fact, in none of the locations on this ring seen by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces (namely the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]], the [[Library]], and various ruined structures) can the planet be seen. This may suggest that Installation 05 has a denser atmosphere than Installation 04, or simply that these locations had thicker cloud cover at the time.<ref group="note">In the levels [[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]] and [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], the other side of the ring can barely be seen in the sky. There is also a heavy storm front in the direction of the [[Sentinel Wall]], and the levels [[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]], and [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]] are based inside of a heavy snowstorm.</ref> Additionally, these locations could be positioned relative to Substance such that Substance is 'beneath' the ring, and thus impossible to see.
[[Image:D-Halo.jpg|thumb|A more close up view of Substance and Installation 05.]]
'''Substance'''<ref>http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive24.pl?read=700986</ref><ref group="note">While not named during the game, the file containing the planet's graphics were found to be named "Substance". Similarly, there was a file called "[[Threshold]] and [[Basis]]" in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.</ref> is a greenish-blue gas giant, and it is the planet which [[Installation 05]] orbits. It is similar to the planet [[wikipedia:Uranus|Uranus]], due to its color and mass.
 
Unlike on [[Installation 04]] where Threshold can be seen quite clearly (especially on the level [[The Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|The Truth and Reconciliation]]), on Installation 05, Substance is very difficult to see in the sky. In fact, none of the levels in ''[[Halo 2]]'' (except for the cutscenes) can the planet be seen. This may suggest that Installation 05 has a denser atmosphere than Installation 04, or simply that the locations featured in ''Halo 2'' have thicker clouds. Additionally, the locations at which the levels take place could be positioned relative to Substance such that Substance is 'beneath' the ring, and thus impossible to see. In the levels [[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]] and [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], the other side of the ring can barely be seen in the sky. There is also a heavy storm front in the direction of the [[Sentinel Wall]], and the levels [[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]], and [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]] are based inside of a heavy snowstorm.


It is possible that Substance is host to a [[Gas Mine|Gas Mining Facility]] similar to the one found on Threshold. The two planets are very similar, and they both are orbited by their own [[Halos]].  
It is possible that Substance is host to a [[Gas Mine|Gas Mining Facility]] similar to the one found on Threshold. The two planets are very similar, and they both are orbited by their own [[Halos]].  
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Substance and Installation 05. Distances are not to scale.

Substance[1][note 1] is a greenish-blue gas giant, and it is the planet which Installation 05 orbits. In its colour, it is somewhat is similar to the planet Uranus, though it masses more.

Unlike on Installation 04, where its parent planet Threshold could be seen quite clearly, especially at night [2], on Installation 05, Substance is very difficult to see in the sky. In fact, in none of the locations on this ring seen by UNSC forces (namely the Control Room, the Library, and various ruined structures) can the planet be seen. This may suggest that Installation 05 has a denser atmosphere than Installation 04, or simply that these locations had thicker cloud cover at the time.[note 2] Additionally, these locations could be positioned relative to Substance such that Substance is 'beneath' the ring, and thus impossible to see.

It is possible that Substance is host to a Gas Mining Facility similar to the one found on Threshold. The two planets are very similar, and they both are orbited by their own Halos.

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Notes

  1. ^ While not named during the game, the file containing the planet's graphics were found to be named "Substance". Similarly, there was a file called "Threshold and Basis" in Halo: Combat Evolved.
  2. ^ In the levels Delta Halo and Regret, the other side of the ring can barely be seen in the sky. There is also a heavy storm front in the direction of the Sentinel Wall, and the levels Sacred Icon, and Quarantine Zone are based inside of a heavy snowstorm.

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