Basis

Basis is the largest moon orbiting the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system. The diameter of this moon is 23,848km (14,818 miles), double that of Earth. Basis has a gravitational pull equivalent to that of Earth. Installation 04 was positioned in the Lagrange point between Basis and Threshold. After Installation 04's destruction, the Covenant Heretics built a makeshift camp on Basis, amid the wreckage from the Alpha Halo.

Trivia

 * On Burial Mounds, you can see wreckage from Installation 04 falling into the atmosphere and burning up.
 * Originally, the level The Arbiter was supposed to take place on the moon Basis, instead of the Gas Mine on Threshold.
 * In the first cinematic of Halo: Combat Evolved, as the Pillar of Autumn is hit by several Plasma Torpedoes and the camera pivots around the Pillar, you can catch a glimpse of the blue moon Basis.
 * When Basis is seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, it is just a picture of Mars, tinted blue.
 * 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.

Related Pages

 * Burial Mounds (Level)