On the mission Blue Team of Halo 5 Guardians, at the end of the mission where Chief is contacting Infinity, he is ordered to return to Infintity. What would happen if Chief actually followed that order instead of going AWOL?
This is an interesting hypothetical. Assuming the Spartans simply follow orders without question, I feel like they would be detained (albeit, in a civil way) aboard Infinity because Cortana presents a conflict of interest for them (mainly Chief). It might have spared Blue Team the process of traveling around the galaxy fighting Prometheans, but I don’t think their detainment would bias the Spartans’ final assessment that Cortana is dangerous and needs to be stopped. They might be a little pissed that Infinity questioned their judgment on how they would handle Cortana though.
I think someone noted that chief and Locke could have slept though guardians and the end result would have still been the same, cortana would have unleashed the guardians regardless