Main-Forerunner.png
Main-Covenant.png
Era-human.png
Halopedia Era UNSC.png
HaloArray.png

Basis

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

Revision as of 21:06, August 8, 2015 by Topal the Pilot (talk | contribs)
Basis

Basis is the largest natural satellite orbiting the gas giant Threshold in the Soell system and is silvery-gray in color.[1] The diameter of this moon is 23,848 kilometres (14,818 mi),[2] almost double that of Earth. Basis has a gravitational pull equivalent to that of Earth. 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 Alpha Halo.[3] Debris from Installation 04 often rained down on Basis, creating small craters on the moon's surface.[4] 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.[5]

Trivia

File:BurialMoundsBigger.jpg
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 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 Autumn, one can catch a glimpse of Basis.
  • 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

  • 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
Retrieved from "https://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Basis&oldid=1135536"