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Posted by: Xd00999
Posted by: StealthSlasher2
Posted by: Xd00999
I was fine with him. He acted reasonable for the most part. He was right to ask Chief to hand over Cortana. Emotional connection aside, Cirtana was a clearly Rampant AI currently plugged into the most advanced ship the UNSC had. What if Cortana was plugged in and she had an episode just like she did in the Lich? That could have easilly meant the death of Master Chief if it wasn't for the fact that Chief has more plot armour than Marneus Calgar being written by Matt Ward.
Getting out of Requiem was also a smart move. The Infinity was outnumbered by the Covenant by a large margain and they were trapped in a world with an angry Forerunner. The former would not have made a large difference, but Didact's warship shrugged off all of Earth's defense fleet. Infinity itself could only hurt it when Chief took out the cannons allowing Inifinity to get close. If Didact wanted Infinity dead, and if they stayed and chased after him, it would probably make the priority list, the Infinity wouldn't be able to do much about it.
Also, biased poll is biased.
Keep in mind of course that at the time the Didact still only had his Cryptum to work with, and he was scared off by the activation of the Infinity's defenses. Furthermore, the only escort the Didact had present where Cruisers, and as can be observed both in the Spartan Ops cutscenes and in-game during the Infinity level the titular ship absolutely wrecked those things without breaking a sweat.
From what could be visibly seen the Infinity was not outnumbered by vessels of significance. Liches are nothing, and the Cruisers are ineffective as well it seems. The Assault Carrier is nowhere to be seen so it's still unknown how it would fare against the Infinity, but as Spartan Ops continues to go on the Infinity continues to go on to maintain orbital dominance with a mere few Frigates for support against the entirety of Jul's fleet.
Of course...we benefit from hindsight and not being under pressure of responding to such a scenario or similar one in real life.
If anything though Del Rio was the type of commanding officer who played it safe and by the book to a fault which is how he was painted in Thursday War. Not creative, ambitious, nor quick to the punch, and as a result is not the type of Captain who commands the level of respect such as Keyes or other significant commanding officers.
Regardless I do agree that in the end despite coming off as an ass Del Rio was still in the right when it came to Cortana. Protocol is there for a reason and if she gone crazy while inside the ship it could've meant doom for everyone potentially.
True. However, Didact was still hiding behind his shield as his ship was being prepared. We don't know how strong it is, but I wager it will hold off most of Infinity's weapons, save perhaps the bigger MACs or some other secret weapon. The ships the Covenant had are insignificant, but they still had plenty of loyal Covenant soldiers and weapons, perhaps enough to delay the Infinity until Didact gets in his warship. At the very least, they could act as shield for the Didact.
Well given how the Didact's Cryptum was right in visual range of the Infinity, it could have easily turned to face it and just opened up with its main armament or everything it had. Remember too, the shields that were protecting the Didact could've been disabled remotely by the Infinity as Cortana notes. The entire premise of Shutdown revolved around how the Chief had to manually enter the towers to disrupt the field protecting the Didact due to Infinity's absence. And again, visually there was not a significant Covenant presence to engage the Infinity within that time frame had it turned to port and fired what it had.
Again, hindsight, but for a Captain like Keyes it would be a no brainer to kick the enemy while he's down.