Hey 343, Can we get a CGI of....

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… The ‘conversation’ Del Rio has with High Command when they find out how he abandoned John on Requiem?

I always get a kick just thinking about what they could have said, and would love to see the SOCOM-equivelent tear him apart for leaving the soldier who quite literally saved the universe from the first flood infectino (on Halo), saved the universe from THREE attempted Halo firings, Saved Earth from the flood, then stopped the Flood infestation at the Lesser Ark (while also clearing out the flood from High Charity, and finding/saving Cortana, who effectively was half the reason he could have done any of the above.

Eh hem, slight digression aside, would anyone love to see this?

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Tribunal Board: Why, Captain, did you leave the Master Chief to fight the Didact alone on Requiem?

Del Rio: Well, sirs, at the time I had not seen any concrete evidence to suggest that the Didact was anything more than a figment of a psychologically scarred Spartan and his clearly rampant A.I. Although the Satellite fled after bombardment from the Infinity, I had no way of knowing its full power and did not want to risk the pride of the UNSC Navy and her 17,000 strong crew against an unknown quantity. Furthermore, Infinity is the fastest ship we have and so I chose, perhaps regrettably, to leave Requiem in order to warn HIGHCOM about the potential impending threat. When I proposed this, the AI ‘Cortana’ displayed clear signs of rampancy and nearly caused damage to Infinity. Under Article 55 of UNSC Regulation I moved to have said rampant AI detained and destroyed, and when doing so faced insubordination by Spartan 117, who behaved in an intimidating manner towards my person. As per UNSC law, I ordered Spartan Sarah Palmer to arrest him, an order she failed to carry out. I left for Earth to warn of the potential threat Requiem posed, and soon after the New Phoenix event happened. I regret the choices I made, but I stand by them. The law is the law.

Tribunal Board: Perfectly understandable, captain. We also regret that this happened, but do not blame you. Clearly, you adhered to UNSC law. In light of the Master Chief’s actions, we will not be issuing him with a court martial. And although you did nothing wrong, politics are a fickle thing. Osman is pushing for Laksey to assume command of Infinity, and we hope it is a decision you do not oppose too strongly.

Del Rio: He’s a good man, he’ll make a good captain. I’d like to tender my resignation from the UNSC, if you’ll accept it. This wasn’t something my career can recover from, and I’d rather not spend the rest of my days seeing scorn in the faces of my colleagues.

Tribunal Board: Of course, captain. You’ll be given honourable discharge and a full military pension. We hope you can put all that’s happened behind you, and that you do not blame yourself too heavily. You are excused.

Del Rio: Sirs.

salutes and walks off

Del Rio lived alone for several years after, the ghost of what he had let happen through his inaction haunting him constantly. After a long battle through personal depression, Del Rio finally took his own life in 2563. His final testament was an apology to Master Chief Petty Officer 117, and all those who lost family at New Phoenix.

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^ wow. The ending to that, made me shed some manly tears. I never thought of Del Rio that way.

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> – Snip –

Not bad :D. I always thought of him as an -Yoink-, but were that to happen, well, that might change my earlier judgements of Del Rio.

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Gotdangit, HLG Spectre, now I feel sorrow for him. Frick.

Alright, I’ve gone from “They actually kicked him off Infinity” to “Osman the -Yoink!- got him replaced by Lasky because Parangosky liked him and she’s her clone.”

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I always wondered why Del Rio seemed so pissed at MC without even really knowing him.

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Obviously Osman’s behind it. Parangosky already disliked the guy, and after leaving someone that’s basically family to you I can expect her to be pissed. I doubt High Command even had a say in it.

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Agreed. what do you guys think Osman will do to Glassmen if he gets in trouble for revealing UNSC info to the covernant

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^ I don’t think he did.

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> Agreed. what do you guys think Osman will do to Glassmen if he gets in trouble for revealing UNSC info to the covernant

Now there’s a point. Glassman worked with the enemy to save his own skin. Surely that deserves some sort of punishment.

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> – Snip –

Well written, sir. I feel this is how it should have gone down, but the campaign story speaks against it at almost every turn.

Something about the story telling from the game always felt ‘off’ to me. Like they made Del Rio out to be a bad making brash decisions only because they wanted Lasky to take command in dramatic fashion. As if the Didact wasn’t enemy enough.

I dunno, you have to believe the captain of the UNSC flagship would have behaved better and commanded more respect. Think Captain Picard, not whatever Del Rio turned out to be.

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> Now there’s a point. Glassman worked with the enemy to save his own skin. Surely that deserves some sort of punishment.

Normally I would agree, aiding the enemy during wartime is a treasonous offense that carries the penalty of death…however it doesn’t seem like he actually “did” anything aside from trip a defensive system around a Forerunner device.

And through his actions several Elites died including Jul’s second in command…so perhaps just lashes with a cat o’nine tails instead as a warning.

> I dunno, you have to believe the captain of the UNSC flagship would have behaved better and commanded more respect. Think Captain Picard, not whatever Del Rio turned out to be.

Picard wouldn’t have the balls to stand up to the Didact either, he’d probably try to talk him out of his evil plans instead over a cup of tea.

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Maybe we could see Lord Hood again! :smiley:

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> Picard wouldn’t have the balls to stand up to the Didact either, he’d probably try to talk him out of his evil plans instead over a cup of tea.

It’s not about that, it’s about how the Cptain of a flagship behaves. You don’t make it to that position (in any worthy fictiom) with the severe character flaws that Del Rio was portrayed with.

I reiterate: someone tried too hard to make Del Rio as a bad guy, and the end result was a weak sauce character.

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> It’s not about that, it’s about how the Cptain of a flagship behaves. You don’t make it to that position (in any worthy fictiom) with the severe character flaws that Del Rio was portrayed with.

You assume that Del Rio was “always” like that. Suddenly finding a new Forerunner planet and the ship crashing, encountering a new and quite powerful threat that had never been seen before and thus are unprepared to fight, and then finding the one guy who not only saved the human race on multiple occasions but also seems to find the worst trouble in the universe and often survives alone (sole survivor of Pillar of Autumn and In Amber Clad)…

He might have just cracked.

It was said in some background material that Del Rio was always a bit sly and sneaky and even at first in the game he seemed to maintain his composure for the most part, but after everything that happens it’s seemed to me that he simply cracked under pressure. The man was no Keyes, Cole, or even Cutter to begin with and from what I understand didn’t even get the command of Infinity due to any merits, rather he got it just so the ONI favorite (Lasky) didn’t get it.

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The way how it went.

Del Rio: And then I left the Master Chief on the planet. Hopefully him and that rouge AI are dead by now.

Lord Hood: Let me get this straight, Captain. You let Earth’s greatest hero, the man who saved the Galaxy twice, in the middle of hostile territory, on a near straight course to utter annihilation.

Osman: Don’t be so rough on him Admira…

Lord Hood: Shut up, you tried to kill the other badass who stopped a Halo and the Covenant twice. Del Rio, you’re fired, Spartans.

*firing squad appears of Fred, Linda, and Kelly. They then unload onto Del Rio.

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Can 343 make that post by HLG Spectre canon? Please?

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> snip

Aha, thanks for this info. I missed the supplementary information regarding his sneaky persona and the political subterfuge. I just can’t keep up with it all… this does make things clearer in my mind and helps to explain how he might have cracked given the extraordinary circumstances.

Still, as a gamer meeting Del Rio for the first time (I believe it was over the radio as Chief met Lasky on Requiem?) he sounded to me like the cracks were already showing. A quibble, I admit, but just trying to hilight how the casual gamer could have missed the subtle details.

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> Can 343 make that post by HLG Spectre canon? Please?

I have to admit, that’s the most well written and emotional thing I’ve ever seen on any Halo forum. I’d like to see 343i take something fan-made into canon, and this should be it.

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> ^ wow. The ending to that, made me shed some manly tears. I never thought of Del Rio that way.

Pfft. I shed no tears for a spineless coward.

Unless the UNSC military is vastly different in military justice the US Uniform Code of Military Justice - Subchapter 10, Section 899 Article 99 states that:

> Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy—
> (1) runs away;
> (2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
> (3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;
> (4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
> (5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
> (6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
> (7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces;
> (8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or
> (9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle;
> shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

The Hero of Mankind, greatest warrior humanity has ever seen, tells you there’s an imminent threat to Earth you do not ignore him.
You do give him what he needs to get the job done.

Lasky understood this, he gave the Master Chief a fully decked out Pelican gunship and stocked weapons racks in the hopes that it would be enough.