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'''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] of 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>


[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Basis]]
==Description==
'''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> Silvery-gray in color, the moon is {{Convert|23848|km|mi}} in diameter,<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref> nearly double the size of [[Earth]]. [[Halo]] [[Installation 04]] was positioned in the [[Lagrange point]] between Basis and Threshold.<ref name="sybex-halo"/> After Installation 04's destruction, a group of [[Covenant]] [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|defectors]] 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> Debris from Installation 04 often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 72''</ref> During a [[skirmish over Threshold]] following the [[Battle of Installation 04]], [[Cortana]] maneuvered [[John-117]]'s [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] into the [[gravity well]] of the moon to slingshot the fighter around Basis to avoid Covenant attacks.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 61''</ref>
[[File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis]]
Basis is the largest of the twelve satellites orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Silvery-gray in color, Basis has a diameter of {{Convert|23848|km|mi|sp=us}},<ref name="Size"/> nearly double that of [[Earth]]. [[Halo]] [[Installation 04]] was positioned in the L1 [[Lagrange point]] between Basis and Threshold.<ref name="universe"/> Debris left over in the wake of Installation 04's [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 72''</ref>
 
==History==
===Forerunner era===
Sometime before [[97,445 BCE]], the L1 Lagrange point of Basis and its parent body, Threshold, was used by the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] as the location of Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, one of the ecumene's seven ring-shaped superweapons that made up the Halo Array.<ref name="universe"/>
 
===Human-Covenant War===
After Installation 04's destruction, a group of [[Covenant]] [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|defectors]] built a [[Burial Mounds|makeshift camp]] on Basis, amid the wreckage of the ring.<ref>'''Halo 2''', in-game flavor text for ''[[Burial Mounds]]''</ref> During a [[skirmish over Threshold]] following the Battle of Installation 04, [[Cortana]] maneuvered [[John-117]]'s [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] into the [[gravity well]] of the moon to slingshot the fighter around Basis to avoid Covenant attacks.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 61''</ref>


After the war, [[Spartan-IV]]s were sent in reconnaissance on Basis to survey the debris of Alpha Halo scattered across the moon's surface. They used the [[VECTOR-class Mjolnir|VECTOR-class Mjolnir armor]] for the first time.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', ''[[VECTOR-class Mjolnir]] armor description''</ref>
===Post-war===
After [[Human-Covenant War|the war]], [[Spartan-IV]]s were sent on reconnaissance to Basis in order to survey the debris of Alpha Halo scattered across the moon's surface. The mission marked the first use of the [[VECTOR-class Mjolnir|VECTOR-class Mjolnir armor]].<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', ''[[VECTOR-class Mjolnir]] armor description''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis]]
*Originally, the level [[The Arbiter]] was supposed to take place on the moon Basis, instead of the [[Threshold gas mine|gas mine]] over Threshold.{{Citation needed}}
*Originally, the level [[The Arbiter]] was supposed to take place on the moon Basis, instead of the [[Threshold gas mine|gas mine]] over Threshold.{{Citation needed}}
*Basis's texture in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' appears to be a color-graded image of [[Mars]]'s surface.
*Basis's texture in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' appears to be a color-graded image of [[Mars]]'s surface.

Revision as of 05:17, August 18, 2016

Basis
BasisCentered.jpg
Astrographical

System:

Soell system[1]

Orbiting:

Threshold[1]

Physical

Diameter:

23,848 kilometers (14,818 mi)[2]

Societal

Government:

 

Basis is the largest natural satellite of the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system.[3]

Description

File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg
The surface of Basis

Basis is the largest of the twelve satellites orbiting the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system of the Milky Way galaxy. Silvery-gray in color, Basis has a diameter of 23,848 kilometers (14,818 mi),[2] nearly double that of Earth. Halo Installation 04 was positioned in the L1 Lagrange point between Basis and Threshold.[1] Debris left over in the wake of Installation 04's destruction often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.[4]

History

Forerunner era

Sometime before 97,445 BCE, the L1 Lagrange point of Basis and its parent body, Threshold, was used by the Forerunner ecumene as the location of Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, one of the ecumene's seven ring-shaped superweapons that made up the Halo Array.[1]

Human-Covenant War

After Installation 04's destruction, a group of Covenant defectors built a makeshift camp on Basis, amid the wreckage of the ring.[5] During a skirmish over Threshold following the Battle of Installation 04, Cortana maneuvered John-117's GA-TL1 Longsword into the gravity well of the moon to slingshot the fighter around Basis to avoid Covenant attacks.[6]

Post-war

After the war, Spartan-IVs were sent on reconnaissance to Basis in order to survey the debris of Alpha Halo scattered across the moon's surface. The mission marked the first use of the VECTOR-class Mjolnir armor.[7]

Trivia

  • Originally, the level The Arbiter was supposed to take place on the moon Basis, instead of the gas mine over Threshold.[citation needed]
  • Basis's texture in Halo: Combat Evolved appears to be a color-graded image of Mars's surface.
  • 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 may result from the ash and smoke thrown up by the flaming wreckage of Installation 04.

Gallery

  • Basis

    Basis

  • Closeup of Basis

    Closeup of Basis

  • Basis, as seen from Threshold's atmosphere

    Basis, as seen from Threshold's atmosphere

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f Halo Waypoint: Threshold
  2. ^ a b halo.bungie.org: Halo-verse Planetary Scale
  3. ^ Halo Story Bible: Halo, Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, Chapter 5, page 63
  4. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 72
  5. ^ Halo 2, in-game flavor text for Burial Mounds
  6. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 61
  7. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, VECTOR-class Mjolnir armor description
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