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==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}} | |||
**''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' | |||
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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 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 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. The ruddy atmospheric coloration from the ground is most likely a result of the ash and smoke thrown up by the flaming wreckage of Installation 04.
Gallery
Closeup of Basis.
Basis as seen in space.
List of appearances
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo 2
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
