Why did the Infinity pull a Spirit of Fire. The endings were almost the same. Ship gets stuck. Shield World goes into sun. Sun goes supernova. Ship barely escapes. one member of the original team is gone.
It would be nice to call out spoilerz for everyone that didn’t watch the vid.
Nonetheless, excellent point OP.
Why did Jorge pull a Forge?
Same reason. Why did Alpha Halo (2nd) end up like Alpha Halo?
Why was Cortana planning to do to High Charity what she did to Alpha Halo?
Continuity of solutions. Even if they didn’t necesarrily ever learn of the SoF’s method, it’s the most basic. Moreover, the Infinity is not responsible for Requiem’s kaboom: The Sangheili are. It is entirely possible that Jul learned from his comrades what the SoF did to the Shield World. Since it, like Requiem, is a Shield World, it was a quick and easy solution: use the nearby solar mass to get rid of your opponents and to escape unscathed.