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'''Basis''' is the largest [[moon]] orbiting 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> The diameter of this moon is 23,848km (14,818 miles)<ref>http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale</ref>, double that of [[Earth]] | '''Basis''' is the largest [[moon]] orbiting 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> The diameter of this moon is 23,848km (14,818 miles)<ref>http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale</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 Empire|Covenant]] [[Heretics]] built a [[Burial Mounds (Level)|makeshift camp]] on Basis, amid the wreckage from the [[Alpha Halo]].<ref>In-game flavor text for [[Burial Mounds (Level)|Burial Mounds]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''</ref> | ||
The atmosphere of the moon beholds a sundown-modeled appearance, with hazy clouds and an orange skyline. | The atmosphere of the moon beholds a sundown-modeled appearance, with hazy clouds and an orange skyline. | ||
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Basis is the largest moon orbiting the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system.[1] The diameter of this moon is 23,848km (14,818 miles)[2], 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 the Alpha Halo.[3]
The atmosphere of the moon beholds a sundown-modeled appearance, with hazy clouds and an orange skyline.
Trivia
File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg
The surface of Basis.
- On Burial Mounds, you can see wreckage from Installation 04 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 Pillar, you can catch a glimpse of the blue moon Basis.
- When Basis is seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, it 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.
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Story Bible: Halo", Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, chapter 5, page 63
- ^ http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale
- ^ In-game flavor text for Burial Mounds in Halo 2
