- Wolverfrog
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Del Rio was fine. The fact is, he wasn't a Keyes or Cole from the offset; that's the reason why he has command of the Infinity. When it was under construction from 2537, in a part of space completely dark and cut off from the rest of humanity, they needed someone with enough rank to captain the ship but not valuable enough that their loss would be felt in the war against the Covenant.
Lasky was intended to be Infinity's real commander from the very beginning. Del Rio did make some sound decisions, though; Cortana was clearly displaying rampancy and so he obeyed UNSC protocol and moved to destroy her. That we're emotionally invested in John and Cortana doesn't matter; he was just doing his job. His decision to return to Earth was a sound one also - he had no information about the Didact outside John's claims; for all he knew, the orb could have been just a machine. Rather than risk the UNSC's most valuable ship and its tens-of-thousands strong crew against an unknown quantity, he decided to return to Earth and inform HIGHCOM of the situation.
There were some daft moments, like sending John and company to destroy the particle cannons without recon, but in fairness Infinity was in hostile territory with no means of defense - it's understandable he'd want to change that as quickly as possible.
Del Rio was a fine character, and I can understand all the decisions he made. Technically, John committed treason against the UNSC when he defied him. Wouldn't be surprised if he got in trouble for that.