Basis is the largest and only 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.

TriviaEdit

• 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.
• 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. However, it is possible that this all from the scoring and burning of Halo's wreckage.

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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

Related PagesEdit

• Burial Mounds