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|system=[[Soell system]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Threshold'']</ref> | |system=[[Soell system]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Threshold'']</ref> | ||
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'''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] of the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system.<ref name="sybex-halo">'''[[Halo Story Bible]]''': '''Halo''', ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'', ''Chapter 5'', page 63</ref> | '''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] of the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system.<ref name="sybex-halo">'''[[Halo Story Bible]]''': '''Halo''', ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'', ''Chapter 5'', page 63</ref> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[File:H2_BurialMounds.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis.]] | [[File:H2_BurialMounds.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis.]] | ||
Basis is the largest of the twelve satellites orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Basis is Silvery-gray in color. [[Halo]] [[Installation 04]] was positioned in the L1 [[Lagrange point]] between Basis and Threshold. | Basis is the largest of the twelve satellites orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Basis is Silvery-gray in color. [[Halo]] [[Installation 04]] was positioned in the L1 [[Lagrange point]] between Basis and Threshold.<ref name="universe"/> Debris left over in the wake of Installation 04's [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 72''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Forerunner era=== | ===Forerunner era=== | ||
Circa [[97,445 BCE]], the L1 Lagrange point of Basis and its parent body, Threshold, was used by the remnants of the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] as the location of Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, one of the seven ring-shaped superweapons that made up the Halo Array. | Circa [[97,445 BCE]], the L1 Lagrange point of Basis and its parent body, Threshold, was used by the remnants of the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] as the location of Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, one of the seven ring-shaped superweapons that made up the Halo Array.<ref name="universe"/> | ||
===Human-Covenant War=== | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
