Threshold gas mine: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
Line 6: Line 6:


== Description ==
== Description ==
[[File:Mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The gas mine.]]
Hanging from a support superstructure higher in the atmosphere, the mine is 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 is 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 is the control section of the mine. Each of these modules can be accessed by catwalks or landing sites.
Hanging from a support superstructure higher in the atmosphere, the mine is 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 is 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 is the control section of the mine. Each of these modules can be accessed by catwalks or landing sites.


Line 11: Line 12:


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The gas mine.]]
[[File:ThresholdGasMinescan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Concept art of the Gas Mine above Threshold in the [[Art of Halo]].]]
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 only a handful of [[Sentinel]]s to maintain the facility.<ref>'''The Art of Halo'''</ref> It is unclear why the gas was needed, but the gas canisters found in the gas mine could be found on the [[Halo Array|Halos]], thus explaining why the installations were built around gas giants. It is also possible that the gas mined from facilities similar to these were used for powering the keyships. That would explain why most of ''[[High Charity]]'' was powered by one of the keyships.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>
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 only a handful of [[Sentinel]]s to maintain the facility.<ref>'''The Art of Halo'''</ref> It is unclear why the gas was needed, but the gas canisters found in the gas mine could be found on the [[Halo Array|Halos]], thus explaining why the installations were built around gas giants. It is also possible that the gas mined from facilities similar to these were used for powering the keyships. That would explain why most of ''[[High Charity]]'' was powered by one of the keyships.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>


21,894

edits