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'''Basis''' is the largest [[ | '''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] 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 '''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 [[Wikipedia:Lagrangian point|Lagrangian point]] between Basis and Threshold.<ref name="sybex-halo"/> After Installation 04's destruction, the [[Covenant Empire|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> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[ | [[File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis.]] | ||
*On [[Burial Mounds]], | *On [[Burial Mounds]], wreckage from [[Installation 04]] can be seen falling into the atmosphere and burning up. | ||
*Originally, the level [[ | *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 ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is hit by several [[ | *In the first cinematic of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', as the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is hit by several [[plasma torpedo]]es and the camera pivots around the ''Autumn'', one can catch a glimpse of Basis. | ||
*When Basis is seen in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', | *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 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== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Moons]] | [[Category:Moons]] | ||
Revision as of 02:35, April 26, 2011
Basis is the largest natural satellite 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 Lagrangian 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]
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.
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Story Bible: Halo", Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, chapter 5, page 63
- ^ halo.bungie.org: Halo-verse Planetary Scale
- ^ Halo 2, in-game flavor text for Burial Mounds
