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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Forerunner|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW|Post}}
{{Planet infobox
{{Planet infobox
|name=Basis
|name=Basis
|image=[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|270px]]
|image=[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|270px]]
|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>
|body=[[Threshold]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|body=[[Threshold]]<ref name="universe"/>
|position=
|position=
|moon(s)=
|moon(s)=
|diameter=
|diameter={{Convert|23848|km|mi|sp=us}}<ref name="Size">[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref>
|gravity=
|gravity=
|daylength=
|daylength=
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|population=
|population=
|colonized=
|colonized=
|government=*[[Ecumene]] {{C|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|government=*[[Ecumene]] {{C|formerly}}<ref name="universe"/>
*[[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[United Nations Space Command]]/[[Swords of Sanghelios]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
*[[United Nations Space Command]]/[[Swords of Sanghelios]]<ref name="universe"/>
}}
}}
'''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.{{Ref/Reuse|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>
Basis is the largest of the twelve satellites orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Silvery-gray in color, Basis has a diameter of {{Convert|23848|km|mi|sp=us}},<ref name="Size"/> nearly double that of [[Earth]]. [[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.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
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===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Originally, the level ''[[The Arbiter]]'' was supposed to take place on the moon Basis, instead of the [[Threshold gas mine|gas mine]] over Threshold.<ref name="h3">'''[[Halo 3 Legendary Edition]]''' - ''[https://youtu.be/sBi_xx26ClM?t=1414 DVD Commentary]''</ref>
*Originally, the level [[The Arbiter]] was supposed to take place on the moon Basis, instead of the [[Threshold gas mine|gas mine]] over Threshold.{{Citation needed}}
*Basis's texture in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' appears to be a color-graded image of [[Mars]]'s surface.
*Basis's texture in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' appears to be a color-graded image of [[Mars]]'s surface.
*The blue coloring of Basis when seen from space is puzzling, considering that from the surface it has a hazy orange or rust-colored atmosphere and terrain. The ruddy atmospheric coloration from the ground may result from the ash and smoke thrown up by the flaming wreckage of Installation 04.
*The blue coloring of Basis when seen from space is puzzling, considering that from the surface it has a hazy orange or rust-colored atmosphere and terrain. The ruddy atmospheric coloration from the ground may result from the ash and smoke thrown up by the flaming wreckage of Installation 04.
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File:HCE-Basis.jpg|Closeup of Basis.
File:HCE-Basis.jpg|Closeup of Basis.
File:H2A-BasisFromThreshold.png|Basis, as seen from Threshold's atmosphere.
File:H2A-BasisFromThreshold.png|Basis, as seen from Threshold's atmosphere.
File:Basis_Mars_Comparison.png|Side by side comparison of the texture of Basis used in [[Combat Evolved]] and Mars.
File:Basis dusk.png|Basis in the level Halo and the multiplayer map Timberland.
File:HCE-BasisDusk2.png|thumb|Another dusk Basis.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{C|Holographic projection only}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{C|Holographic projection only}}
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==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


[[Category:Moons]]
[[Category:Moons]]

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