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Basis.

Basis is the largest natural satellite 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. 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]

Trivia

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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.

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