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To tell you the truth I don't remember adding this but looking at the time I probably just copied it over from the old.Halopedia. HOWEVER, a two second google search reveals: | To tell you the truth I don't remember adding this but looking at the time I probably just copied it over from the old.Halopedia. HOWEVER, a two second google search reveals: | ||
BigQuote|The Halo Story Bible has this to say about Halo 04 (as recorded in the PC Strategy Guide): | {{BigQuote|The Halo Story Bible has this to say about Halo 04 (as recorded in the PC Strategy Guide): | ||
The name "Halo" is derived from Covenant battlefield transmissions, translated by Cortana. A more literal translation would be "Ring of Heaven" or "Ring of the Gods." Halo orbits a large gas giant ('''Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG''', nicknamed "Threshold"), suspended at the Lagrange point between the planet and its largest moon, Basis." | The name "Halo" is derived from Covenant battlefield transmissions, translated by Cortana. A more literal translation would be "Ring of Heaven" or "Ring of the Gods." Halo orbits a large gas giant ('''Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG''', nicknamed "Threshold"), suspended at the Lagrange point between the planet and its largest moon, Basis." | ||
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Apparently the info Keyes overheard in captivity is slightly redundant. Hmmm... | Apparently the info Keyes overheard in captivity is slightly redundant. Hmmm... | ||
This, however, may possibly aggravate speculation regarding the practical meanings of the name "Threshold"; that it is/contains a "gate", door, portal, etc. What could the Humans have known about this planet and moon before visiting, and without a more extensive knowledge of the system's contents and operations? | This, however, may possibly aggravate speculation regarding the practical meanings of the name "Threshold"; that it is/contains a "gate", door, portal, etc. What could the Humans have known about this planet and moon before visiting, and without a more extensive knowledge of the system's contents and operations?}} | ||
::--[http://halosm.bungie.org/story/newssearch.html?newsitem=575 HBO] | ::--[http://halosm.bungie.org/story/newssearch.html?newsitem=575 HBO] | ||
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BigQuote|'''Earth Surver Catalogue B1008-AG''', or "Threshold", is the gas-giant that Alpha Halo orbits between the Lagrange point between it, and it's largest moon, Basis. Little else is known about it's composition. Numerous Forerunner gas-mining facilities lie beneath it's upper atmosphere, where the Forerunners attempted to keep the Flood contained. After the facilities proves ineffectual, the Halos were built nearby to take over the containment procedures. | {{BigQuote|'''Earth Surver Catalogue B1008-AG''', or "Threshold", is the gas-giant that Alpha Halo orbits between the Lagrange point between it, and it's largest moon, Basis. Little else is known about it's composition. Numerous Forerunner gas-mining facilities lie beneath it's upper atmosphere, where the Forerunners attempted to keep the Flood contained. After the facilities proves ineffectual, the Halos were built nearby to take over the containment procedures.}} | ||
::--http://library.psyjnir.net/?id=493 | ::--http://library.psyjnir.net/?id=493 | ||
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BigQuote|In the MP guide section of Halo 1 for Xbox. It describes Derelict as a "long unused portion of Halo". And yet... in the game, the UI describes it as "Deep-Space Anomaly #0198". | {{BigQuote|In the MP guide section of Halo 1 for Xbox. It describes Derelict as a "long unused portion of Halo". And yet... in the game, the UI describes it as "Deep-Space Anomaly #0198". | ||
Given that Threshold has also been recorded in UNSC logs as "'''Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG''', nick-named "Threshold"", (this was in the Halo Story Bible) it is reasonable to assume that both Threshold and Halo have been encountered by the UNSC in some form, and probably at the same time. | Given that Threshold has also been recorded in UNSC logs as "'''Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG''', nick-named "Threshold"", (this was in the Halo Story Bible) it is reasonable to assume that both Threshold and Halo have been encountered by the UNSC in some form, and probably at the same time. | ||
Interesting, no? I thought Derelict might be some other Forerunner remnant (considering that there are windows on all sides and Halo is no where to be seen), but if the MP guide is right about it being part of Halo... that means that Deep-Space Anomaly #0198 is Halo. | Interesting, no? I thought Derelict might be some other Forerunner remnant (considering that there are windows on all sides and Halo is no where to be seen), but if the MP guide is right about it being part of Halo... that means that Deep-Space Anomaly #0198 is Halo. }} | ||
::--[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive16.pl?read=485030 HBO Forum] | ::--[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive16.pl?read=485030 HBO Forum] | ||
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BigQuote|In '''Fall of Reach''', the Covenant go to Sigmas Octans 4 to steal the mineral rocks that have start charts on them. One of those had the starts leading to Halo's loaction. So when it came time for Cortana to make a random ecaspe jump from Reach she selected the star chart that the Covenant got from the rock samples. She did this becuase she wanted to know what the Covenant wanted there. | {{BigQuote|In '''Fall of Reach''', the Covenant go to Sigmas Octans 4 to steal the mineral rocks that have start charts on them. One of those had the starts leading to Halo's loaction. So when it came time for Cortana to make a random ecaspe jump from Reach she selected the star chart that the Covenant got from the rock samples. She did this becuase she wanted to know what the Covenant wanted there. | ||
Threshold and Basis are named because the system was surveyed, though not visited, by Earth astromomers. It says in the book that Threshold is known as "'''Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG'''". So the UNSC knew about the star system and planets, but not Halo.... | Threshold and Basis are named because the system was surveyed, though not visited, by Earth astromomers. It says in the book that Threshold is known as "'''Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG'''". So the UNSC knew about the star system and planets, but not Halo.... }} | ||
::--[http://www.forumplanet.com/haloplanet/topic.asp?fid=2602&tid=1510432 Halo Planet Forum] | ::--[http://www.forumplanet.com/haloplanet/topic.asp?fid=2602&tid=1510432 Halo Planet Forum] | ||