Threshold gas mine: Difference between revisions

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|location=[[Threshold]], [[Soell System]]<ref name="HW">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold-gas-mine '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Threshold gas mine'']</ref>

|notable=Base of operations for [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]]<ref name="ReferenceA">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Arbiter]]''</ref>

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This '''gas mine''' was a large [[Forerunner]] structure suspended in the atmosphere of the gas giant [[Threshold]], the planet around which [[Installation 04]] orbited. It was an expansive automated facility that was created and used by the Forerunners and later, by [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]]. It was destroyed when it fell into Threshold and was crushed by the planet's gravity.{{Ref/Level|Id=oracle|H2|[[The Oracle]]}} It was one of many similar facilities on Threshold.<ref name="art">''[[The Art of Halo]]''</ref>

The surprise attack went well; the Covenant forces were able to infiltrate the facility and pursue 'Refumee, destroying many heretic [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] along the way.{{Ref/Level|Id=ReferenceA|H2[[The Arbiter]]}} But complications arose when the [[Flood]] were released from their restraints by the Heretics,{{Ref/Reuse|oracle}} and overran the entire facility. The Flood multiplied quickly, infecting and killing most of the heretic forces, making it difficult for the Covenant to secure the facility. 'Refumee locked himself in the inner section of the mine, safe from both the Flood and an approaching maelstrom, but the Arbiter responded bluntly by cutting the cables holding the mine up, sending it into freefall. This forced the heretic leader to escape his hideout with an attempt to evacuate aboard a {{Pattern|Kai|Seraph}} fighter, but the Arbiter caught up to him and they had a intense battle where he was killed. Shortly thereafter, [[Tartarus]] appeared in a Phantom, and he, the Arbiter, the special operations forces, and 343 Guilty Spark escaped the mine before it fell into Threshold's inner atmosphere, where it was subsequently destroyed along with the surviving Heretic forces within and the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|oracle}}

*The gas mines are the setting of a cut ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer level named "[[Anchor Point]]".

File:Gasmine.jpg|Three [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantoms]] approaching the mine in order to eradicate [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]].

File:H2A GasMineHangar Keyshot Concept.jpg|''Halo 2: Anniversary'' concept art of the facility's hangar.

File:H2A - GasMine.png|The gas mine from ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.

File:H2A - GasMine Hallway.png|A platform exposed to Threshold's atmosphere.