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[[File:Coelest.jpg|thumb|Substance and [[Installation 05]]. Distances are not to scale.]]
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'''Substance'''<ref>http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive24.pl?read=700986</ref><ref group="note">While not named during the game, the file containing the planet's graphics were found to be named "Substance". Similarly, there was a file called "[[Threshold]] and [[Basis]]" in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.</ref> is a greenish-blue gas giant in the [[Coelest system]] and it is the planet which [[Installation 05]] orbits. In its colour, it is somewhat is similar to the planet [[wikipedia:Uranus|Uranus]], though it masses more.
|name=Substance
|image=[[File:Coelest.jpg|250px]]<br>Substance and [[Installation 05]]. Distances are not to scale.
|star, position= [[Coelest system|Coelest]], IV
|satellite(s)= 8 <ref name="evg"/>
|diameter= {{Convert|82.749|km|mi|sp=us}} <ref name="evg"/>
|composition= ;Gas: [[hydrogen]], [[helium]], [[methane]]
;Liquid: [[ammonia]], [[water]] <ref name="evg"/>
}}


Unlike on [[Installation 04]], where its parent planet [[Threshold]] could be seen quite clearly, especially at night <ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''' level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>, on Installation 05, Substance is very difficult to see in the sky. In fact, in none of the locations on this ring seen by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces (namely the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]], the [[Library]], and various ruined structures) can the planet be seen. This may suggest that Installation 05 has a denser atmosphere than Installation 04, or simply that these locations had thicker cloud cover at the time.<ref group="note">In the levels [[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]] and [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], the other side of the ring can barely be seen in the sky. There is also a heavy storm front in the direction of the [[Sentinel Wall]], and the levels [[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]], and [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]] are based inside of a heavy snowstorm.</ref> Additionally, these locations could be positioned relative to Substance such that Substance is 'beneath' the ring, and thus impossible to see.
'''Substance''' is a greenish-blue gas giant in the [[Coelest system]]. It is the fourth planet in the system and is the planet which [[Installation 05]] orbits. Though it masses more, it is similar to the planet [[wikipedia:Uranus|Uranus]] in color and composition, being classified as an ice giant.<ref name="evg">'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 190''</ref> Substance is orbited by eight satellites, only one of which is a natural moon. The rest include Installation 05, and six dormant Forerunner facilities on predetermined orbital paths.<ref name="evg"/>


It is possible that Substance is host to a [[Gas Mine|Gas Mining Facility]] similar to the one found on Threshold. The two planets are very similar, and they both are orbited by their own [[Halos]].  
Unlike on [[Installation 04]], where its parent planet [[Threshold]] could be seen quite clearly, especially at night,<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''' level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref> on Installation 05, Substance is very difficult to see in the sky of Installation 05. In fact, in none of the locations on this ring seen by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces (namely the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]], the [[Library]], and various ruined structures) can the planet be seen. This is due to the Delta Halo's stormy weather conditions caused by a [[The Flood|Flood]] outbreak that occurred some two centuries before the [[Battle of Installation 05]].<ref name="evg"/>
 
==Trivia==
*While not named during ''Halo 2'', the file containing the planet's graphics were found to be named "Substance". Similarly, there was a file called "[[Threshold]] and [[Basis]]" in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive24.pl?read=700986 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Halo Wikipedia entry improvement quastions'']</ref> The planet was first officially identified in ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''.
*It is possible that Substance is host to a [[Threshold gas mine|gas mining facility]] similar to the one found on Threshold. The two planets are very similar, and they both gravity anchors for Halos.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
==Notes==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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Substance is a greenish-blue gas giant in the Coelest system. It is the fourth planet in the system and is the planet which Installation 05 orbits. Though it masses more, it is similar to the planet Uranus in color and composition, being classified as an ice giant.[1] Substance is orbited by eight satellites, only one of which is a natural moon. The rest include Installation 05, and six dormant Forerunner facilities on predetermined orbital paths.[1]

Unlike on Installation 04, where its parent planet Threshold could be seen quite clearly, especially at night,[2] on Installation 05, Substance is very difficult to see in the sky of Installation 05. In fact, in none of the locations on this ring seen by UNSC forces (namely the Control Room, the Library, and various ruined structures) can the planet be seen. This is due to the Delta Halo's stormy weather conditions caused by a Flood outbreak that occurred some two centuries before the Battle of Installation 05.[1]

Trivia

  • While not named during Halo 2, the file containing the planet's graphics were found to be named "Substance". Similarly, there was a file called "Threshold and Basis" in Halo: Combat Evolved.[3] The planet was first officially identified in Halo: The Essential Visual Guide.
  • It is possible that Substance is host to a gas mining facility similar to the one found on Threshold. The two planets are very similar, and they both gravity anchors for Halos.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 190
  2. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved level, The Truth and Reconciliation
  3. ^ halo.bungie.org: Re: Halo Wikipedia entry improvement quastions