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[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Basis]]
[[File:BasisCentered.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Basis]]
'''Basis''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system and is silvery-gray in color.<ref name="sybex-halo">'''[[Halo Story Bible]]''': '''Halo'''", ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'', ''Chapter 5'', page 63</ref> The diameter of Basis is {{Convert|23848|km|mi}},<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref> almost double that of [[Earth]], however the moon has a gravitational pull equivalent to Earth's. [[Installation 04]] was positioned in the [[Lagrange point]] between Basis and Threshold.<ref name="sybex-halo"/> After Installation 04's destruction, the [[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> 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 the [[Skirmish over Threshold]], [[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>
'''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>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis.]]
[[File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg|thumb|200px|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 [[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]] on Threshold.
*Basis's texture in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' appears to be a color-graded image of [[Mars]]'s surface.
*In the first cinematic of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', as the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is hit by several [[plasma turret|plasma torpedoes]] and the camera pivots around the ''Autumn'', one can catch a glimpse of Basis.
*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.
*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==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HCE-BasisMoon.png|Basis.
File:HCE-BasisMoon.png|Basis
File:HCE-Basis.jpg|Closeup of Basis.
File:HCE-Basis.jpg|Closeup of Basis
File:H2A-BasisFromThreshold.png|Basis, as seen from Threshold's atmosphere.
File:H2A-BasisFromThreshold.png|Basis, as seen from Threshold's atmosphere
</gallery>
</gallery>


Revision as of 22:10, September 26, 2015

Basis

Basis is the largest natural satellite orbiting the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system.[1] Silvery-gray in color, the moon is 23,848 kilometres (14,818 mi) in diameter,[2] nearly double the size of Earth. Halo Installation 04 was positioned in the Lagrange point between Basis and Threshold.[1] After Installation 04's destruction, a group of Covenant defectors built a makeshift camp on Basis, amid the wreckage from Alpha Halo.[3] Debris from Installation 04 often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.[4] 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.[5]

Trivia

File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg
The surface of Basis
  • 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 Halo Story Bible: Halo", Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, Chapter 5, page 63
  2. ^ halo.bungie.org: Halo-verse Planetary Scale
  3. ^ Halo 2, in-game flavor text for Burial Mounds
  4. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 72
  5. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 61
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