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{{Planet infobox | |||
|name=Basis | |||
|image=[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|270px]] | |||
|system=[[Soell system]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Threshold'']</ref> | |||
|body=[[Threshold]]<ref name="universe"/> | |||
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|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> | |||
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|government=*[[Ecumene]] {{C|formerly}}<ref name="universe"/> | |||
*[[United Nations Space Command]]/[[Swords of Sanghelios]]<ref name="universe"/> | |||
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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> | |||
[[File: | ==Description== | ||
[[File:BurialMoundsBigger.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. 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== | |||
===Forerunner era=== | |||
Sometime before [[97,445 BCE]], the L1 Lagrange point of Basis and its parent body, Threshold, was used by the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] as the location of Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, one of the ecumene's seven ring-shaped superweapons that made up the Halo Array.<ref name="universe"/> | |||
===Human-Covenant War=== | |||
After Installation 04's destruction, a group of [[Covenant]] [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|defectors]] built a [[Burial Mounds|makeshift camp]] on Basis, amid the wreckage of the ring.<ref>'''Halo 2''', in-game flavor text for ''[[Burial Mounds]]''</ref> During a [[skirmish over Threshold]] following the Battle of Installation 04, [[Cortana]] maneuvered [[John-117]]'s [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] into the [[gravity well]] of the moon to slingshot the fighter around Basis to avoid Covenant attacks.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 61''</ref> | |||
After the war, [[Spartan-IV]]s were sent | ===Post-war=== | ||
After [[Human-Covenant War|the war]], [[Spartan-IV]]s were sent on reconnaissance to Basis in order to survey the debris of Alpha Halo scattered across the moon's surface. The mission marked the first use of the [[VECTOR-class Mjolnir|VECTOR-class Mjolnir armor]].<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', ''[[VECTOR-class Mjolnir]] armor description''</ref> | |||
==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.{{Citation needed}} | *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. | ||