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{{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]] | |body=[[Threshold]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
|position= | |position= | ||
|moon(s)= | |moon(s)= | ||
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|population= | |population= | ||
|colonized= | |colonized= | ||
|government=*[[Ecumene]] {{C|formerly}} | |government=*[[Ecumene]] {{C|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
*[[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]] {{C|formerly}} | *[[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
*[[United Nations Space Command]]/[[Swords of Sanghelios]] | *[[United Nations Space Command]]/[[Swords of Sanghelios]]{{Ref/Reuse|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. | 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> | ||
==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/Reuse|universe}} | ||
===Human-Covenant War=== | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
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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_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. | |||
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*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[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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