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'''Basis''' is the largest [[moon]] 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> The diameter of this moon is 23,848km (14,818 miles)<ref>http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale</ref>, double that of [[Earth]], but the gravity meter is the same though. [[Installation 04]] was positioned in the Lagrange point between Basis and Threshold.<ref name="sybex-halo"/> After Installation 04's destruction, the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Heretics]] built a [[Burial Mounds (Level)|makeshift camp]] on Basis, amid the wreckage from the [[Alpha Halo]].<ref>In-game flavor text for [[Burial Mounds (Level)|Burial Mounds]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''</ref>


==Summary==
The atmosphere of the moon beholds a sundown-modeled appearance, with hazy clouds and an orange skyline.
Basis is the largest moon orbiting [[Threshold]]. [[Installation 04]] was positioned between Basis and [[Threshold]]. After [[Installation 04|Installation 04's]] destruction, the [[Covenant]] [[heretic]]s built a makeshift camp on Basis, amid the wreckage from the [[Halo]].


While often thought to be the location of the [[Gas Mine]], this is in fact Threshold.
==Trivia==
[[Image:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg|thumb|200px|The surface of Basis.]]
*On [[Burial Mounds]], you can see wreckage from [[Installation 04]] falling into the atmosphere and burning up.
*Originally, the level [[The Arbiter (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 ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is hit by several [[Plasma Torpedoes]] and the camera pivots around the ''Pillar'', you can catch a glimpse of the blue moon ''Basis''.
*When Basis is seen in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', it is just a picture of Mars, tinted blue.


==Related Links==
==Sources==
*[[Burial Mounds]]
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Basis.

Basis is the largest moon 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, but the gravity meter is the same though. 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 the Alpha Halo.[3]

The atmosphere of the moon beholds a sundown-modeled appearance, with hazy clouds and an orange skyline.

Trivia

File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg
The surface of Basis.
  • On Burial Mounds, you can see wreckage from Installation 04 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 Pillar, you can catch a glimpse of the blue moon Basis.
  • When Basis is seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, it is just a picture of Mars, tinted blue.

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo Story Bible: Halo", Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, chapter 5, page 63
  2. ^ http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale
  3. ^ In-game flavor text for Burial Mounds in Halo 2

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