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Subject: Halo 4: Why was Captain Del Rio so mean?

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Posted by: Xd00999

Posted by: Rokklaggio

Posted by: wolfhunter9154
He wanted to be the one in charge


Also, this.

Del Rio was just a coward who ran with his tail between his legs.

I disagree. For starters, it was flat out said that the Infinity's crash and attack from the Covenant did serious damage to the Infinity. Secondly, the forerunners are head and shoulders above anything the UNSC can offer. Del Rio is facing an enemy he knows nothing about, that likely possesses extremely powerful weaponry and defenses, who is backed up by a large force of extremely fanatical Covenant. Thirdly, Cortana was clearly going rampant and was currently plugged into the most advanced warship the UNSC had. I would be worried too if a crazy person had complete control of my ship. There is a reason UNSC has protocols to deal with rampant AIs. Fourthly, if the Infinity had stayed and fought, there would be a chance it would be destroyed. They were already hurt from before, and that was before the Didact got into his warship. If they were destroyed, not only would the most valuable asset of the UNSC be lost, Earth and her colonies would have no way of knowing about the approaching attack from Didact.


I'll admit, those are some good points, but have you read about him in the books? He's foolish and stubborn.

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Posted by: goldhawk
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Posted by: Rokklaggio
I'll admit, those are some good points, but have you read about him in the books? He's foolish and stubborn.

Thursday War was the first Halo book I didn't read, but that is beside the point. What is my point is that Del Rio was completely justified in leaving Requiem. That is the only thing I am saying. Foolish or stubborn, Del Rio was right.

  • 12.09.2012 5:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xd00999

Posted by: Rokklaggio
I'll admit, those are some good points, but have you read about him in the books? He's foolish and stubborn.

Thursday War was the first Halo book I didn't read, but that is beside the point. What is my point is that Del Rio was completely justified in leaving Requiem. That is the only thing I am saying. Foolish or stubborn, Del Rio was right.


But that's why he's a fool. His stubbornness of not listening to Chief's advice allowed the attack on New Phoenix to happen, which could have been prevented had he listened.

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Because 343 needed Lasky to seem like a really cool guy and hero so they made Del Rio a cliche contrast of him. Really crappy story telling.
Or maybe the other guy got it right. The guy who said that Del Rio is not a leader but a manager and he didn't wanted to do any heroics unlike fabled Captain Keyes.

Which is what Robert, the most diehard Halo 4 fan ever said. Sure you can say that was the character's motive but really all it did was what I said.
Books confirm what the others say is true though.

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  • 12.09.2012 5:15 PM PDT

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Because he wanted to deactivate that Forerunner tech but Crimson eggheads eggheads.

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Posted by: Rokklaggio

Posted by: Xd00999

Posted by: Rokklaggio
I'll admit, those are some good points, but have you read about him in the books? He's foolish and stubborn.

Thursday War was the first Halo book I didn't read, but that is beside the point. What is my point is that Del Rio was completely justified in leaving Requiem. That is the only thing I am saying. Foolish or stubborn, Del Rio was right.


But that's why he's a fool. His stubbornness of not listening to Chief's advice allowed the attack on New Phoenix to happen, which could have been prevented had he listened.

And how would staying have changed it? The Infinity was wounded, the Didact was hiding behind an energy shield, the Covenant were moving to protect their god, and there was an impending attack on Earth. Best case is they stop Didact. Worst case is that the Infinity is destroyed, all of Earth is composed, and the colonies are next on the Didact's list. We saw Didact's ship shrugging off the combined firepower of the entire Earth fleet. The only thing that hurt it was a hit from the Infinity's energy weapons which was only possible because the turrets were destroyed. The energy weapon was forward facing meaning the Infinity had to turn to hit any target. We saw several times before that the Didact's cryptum is very fast, and very small. Didact coud have easilly avoided the Infinity's weapons. Plus, Didact was easilly hacking into the Infinity's systems.

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A master chef killed his parents and due to his dyslexia he thought it was a master chief. He has blamed them ever since. It's tragic, really.

  • 12.09.2012 6:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: Nephilim713
Del Rio is just an arsehole who knew nothing about survival. The VGA scene with Sam Jackson and del rio was lulz.
Uuuum can I have a link to this video?

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Because he wanted to deactivate that Forerunner tech but Crimson eggheads eggheads.


Thank god someone else noticed this.

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What ever happened to him anyways?


He lost his command because plot.

  • 12.09.2012 6:37 PM PDT

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I still can't believe that "What I want to know is.... where the hell did those things come from!!!?" line.

WHERE DO YOU THINK RIO? Maybe the giant alien planet built from technology??? Maybe there do you think????

The writing for Halo 4 is almost impossibly bad.

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Del Rio is just an arsehole who knew nothing about survival. The VGA scene with Sam Jackson and del rio was lulz.
Uuuum can I have a link to this video?

Me too plox

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A lot of people hate him but I think he was interesting. Much more than that kiss-ass (jk) Lasky and that blasphemer Palmer. And it was nice to know ONI wasn't in control of everything on the freaking ship for once.

Such a shame Del Rio got discharged. They could have explored why he was antagonistic. He reminded me more of Capt. Keyes than Lasky did, except he was the opposite in his decisions.

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  • 12.09.2012 6:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xd00999
Because he wanted to play it safe and not be heroic. Really, Del Rio was the most reasonable person on the bridge. Everyone just disagreed with him. He wasn't that bad.
Hell, no, he wasn't reasonable! He had the balls to insinuate that Master Chief was cracked in the head, and was making things up. Though, he was running around with a rampant AI, he knew what he saw.

  • 12.09.2012 7:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: darthnilhilus97
Forced melodrama.


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  • 12.09.2012 7:16 PM PDT

The human element always mucks things up.

Cuz he is the goddamn Captain and he doesn't need any rogue cyborgs and A.I's acting all crazy up in his -blam!-.

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Posted by: Xd00999
Because he wanted to play it safe and not be heroic. Really, Del Rio was the most reasonable person on the bridge. Everyone just disagreed with him. He wasn't that bad.
Hell, no, he wasn't reasonable! He had the balls to insinuate that Master Chief was cracked in the head, and was making things up. Though, he was running around with a rampant AI, he knew what he saw.

Consider eat Master Chief claimed he saw: he entered a forerunner structure and was pulled into a beam of light. In this beam he saw a forerunner who claimed to have planned out all of human advancement for the past 100 000 years and this forerunner also claimed that humanity was once a super space faring empire. This forerunner then proceeded to change Chief's genetic make-up through a 'genesong' implanted in the human species 100 000 years earlier. Not exactly a believable story, is it?

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Posted by: darthnilhilus97
Forced melodrama.

  • 12.09.2012 7:25 PM PDT

Oh, you think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but BLINDING!


Posted by: Xd00999

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Posted by: Xd00999
Because he wanted to play it safe and not be heroic. Really, Del Rio was the most reasonable person on the bridge. Everyone just disagreed with him. He wasn't that bad.
Hell, no, he wasn't reasonable! He had the balls to insinuate that Master Chief was cracked in the head, and was making things up. Though, he was running around with a rampant AI, he knew what he saw.

Consider eat Master Chief claimed he saw: he entered a forerunner structure and was pulled into a beam of light. In this beam he saw a forerunner who claimed to have planned out all of human advancement for the past 100 000 years and this forerunner also claimed that humanity was once a super space faring empire. This forerunner then proceeded to change Chief's genetic make-up through a 'genesong' implanted in the human species 100 000 years earlier. Not exactly a believable story, is it?
In a universe with aliens and space magic, you're going to say that is farfetched? Besides, I believe it's common knowledge that human history is closely intertwined with that of the Forerunners.

  • 12.09.2012 7:31 PM PDT

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You Catch My Drift??????????

He is mad that he is not a Spartan.

  • 12.09.2012 7:36 PM PDT

It's because 343 Industries apparently couldn't make him more relateable and less stereotypical. It's a shame, he's easily the worst character in the story, but he could have been so much better so easily.

  • 12.09.2012 7:38 PM PDT

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