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'''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system and is silvery-gray in color.<ref name="sybex-halo">'''[[Halo Story Bible]]''': '''Halo'''", ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'', ''Chapter 5'', page 63</ref> The diameter of this moon is {{Convert|23848|km|mi}},<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref> 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.<ref name="sybex-halo"/> After Installation 04's destruction, the [[Covenant]] [[Heretics]] built a [[Burial Mounds|makeshift camp]] on Basis, amid the wreckage from Alpha Halo.<ref>'''Halo 2''', in-game flavor text for ''[[Burial Mounds]]''</ref> Debris from Installation 04 often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 72''</ref> During the [[Skirmish over Threshold]], [[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>
[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Basis]]
'''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system and is silvery-gray in color.<ref name="sybex-halo">'''[[Halo Story Bible]]''': '''Halo'''", ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'', ''Chapter 5'', page 63</ref> The diameter of this moon is {{Convert|23848|km|mi}},<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref> almost 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.<ref name="sybex-halo"/> After Installation 04's destruction, the [[Covenant]] [[Heretics]] built a [[Burial Mounds|makeshift camp]] on Basis, amid the wreckage from Alpha Halo.<ref>'''Halo 2''', in-game flavor text for ''[[Burial Mounds]]''</ref> Debris from Installation 04 often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 72''</ref> During the [[Skirmish over Threshold]], [[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>


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Basis

Basis is the largest natural satellite orbiting the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system and is silvery-gray in color.[1] The diameter of this moon is 23,848 kilometres (14,818 mi),[2] almost 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.[1] After Installation 04's destruction, the Covenant Heretics built a makeshift camp on Basis, amid the wreckage from Alpha Halo.[3] Debris from Installation 04 often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.[4] During the Skirmish over Threshold, 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.[5]

Trivia

File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg
The surface of Basis.
  • On Burial Mounds, wreckage from Installation 04 can be seen 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 Autumn, one can catch a glimpse of Basis.
  • When Basis is seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, the surface texture 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. The ruddy atmospheric coloration from the ground is most likely a result of the ash and smoke thrown up by the flaming wreckage of Installation 04.

Gallery

  • Basis.

    Basis.

  • Closeup of Basis.

    Closeup of Basis.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo Story Bible: Halo", Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, Chapter 5, page 63
  2. ^ halo.bungie.org: Halo-verse Planetary Scale
  3. ^ Halo 2, in-game flavor text for Burial Mounds
  4. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 72
  5. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 61
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