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This '''gas mine''' was a large 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 [[Forerunner]]s and later, the [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]]. It was destroyed when it fell into Threshold and was crushed by the planet's gravity.<ref name="oracle">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref> It was one of many similar facilities on Threshold.<ref name="art">'''[[The Art of Halo]]'''</ref>

[[File:GasMineSchematic.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A schematic of the gas mine.]]

Hanging from a larger installation higher in the atmosphere, the mine was shaped somewhat like a grappling hook, with one center shaft and many legs bending down, and inwards it has three tubes extracting gas from Threshold. The station was divided into five modules: two gas refinement arms, each with its own cargo hangar, two laboratory modules for the research of [[the Flood]], and the final module was the control section of the mine. Each of these modules could be accessed by catwalks or landing sites.

==History==

The gas mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of Threshold. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with a resident contingent of [[Sentinel]]s to maintain the facility.<ref name="art"/>

===Raid on the gas mine===

{{Main|Raid on the Threshold gas mine}}

In 2552, the ''[[Fleet of Particular Justice]]'' stumbled upon the system when pursuing the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. An artifact retrieval team led by [[Sesa 'Refumee]] and [[Loka 'Bandolee]] landed on the gas mine attempting to retrieve any useful Forerunner technologies they could find;<ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2010)''', Adjunct: ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]''</ref> however, at the conclusion of the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the group found itself marooned on the mine.

== Trivia ==

On ''[[The Oracle]]'', if the player jumps just before the station is detached, the entire station will freefall out from under the player, sending him toward a kill barrier.

==List of appearances==