Andrew Del Rio
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- "I'd think you, of all people, would appreciate the benefit of living to fight another day."
- — Andrew Del Rio to John-117 when the latter insists that Infinity should stay on Requiem to attack the Didact[6]
Andrew Del Rio (service number 90302-75627-AD)[7] is a popular senator of the Unified Earth Government.[5] Formerly a senior officer in the UNSC Navy, then-captain Del Rio served throughout the Human-Covenant War and in the years following the conflict.[8] Del Rio served as the commanding officer of UNSC Infinity from 2552 until July 2557. After UNSC Fleet Command relieved Del Rio of his command,[9] he began a political career and was elected into the senate.[5]
Biography[edit]
Assignment to Infinity[edit]
During the construction of UNSC Infinity, Andrew Del Rio served as the project manager.[1] Admiral Margaret Parangosky, Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence, noted that Del Rio is more of a manager than a leader. She considers him unable to inspire those under his command. She conceded to making him captain of the UNSC Infinity only because Commander Thomas Lasky was assigned as his executive officer.[10] A few years prior to the end of major hostilities in the Great War, Del Rio was leading the military personnel assigned to maintain, repair, and protect the Infinity;[11] he had received this assignment for his status as a seasoned naval line officer and because he could drop off the grid with little trouble. Later, he would be given the honor of being the first commanding officer of the UNSC's largest and most advanced warship to date. Del Rio and the sailors and Marines under his command would take Infinity out for her first space trials in mid-2553. At one point, Del Rio avoided promotion to admiral to retain his command of Infinity.[1]
Rebel incursion on Infinity[edit]
- Main article: Raid on UNSC Infinity
In early 2553, a group of insurrectionists belonging to the "New Colonial Alliance" attempted to commandeer the UNSC Infinity. The group, led by defector Ilsa Zane, snuck aboard Infinity disguised as a construction crew and took Del Rio hostage. They immediately went to the bridge where Zane took Aine, the ship's temporary AI, offline and proceeded to take control of the ship.[12] From the confines of the Captain's ready room, Del Rio, along with Lieutenant Ryder and the rest of the bridge crew, attempted to override the ship's lockdown. With the help of Jun-A266 and the other Spartan-IV's, Commander Lasky was able to input his half of the override codes, which gave Del Rio and the other officers access to the bridge. After Sarah Palmer and Edward Davis cleared the bridge, Del Rio brought Aine back online, who then activated the ships containment doors to send Zane and the remaining insurrectionists into space.[13]
Trial deployment[edit]
During an inspection of the ship by Admirals Terrence Hood and Margaret Parangosky, he pointed out the ship's Huragok working after they had been transplanted from Trevelyan. Talking with Lasky, Parangosky told Del Rio to choose a top-level AI.[14] At the request of the Admirals, Del Rio took the ship into Slipspace to aid Thel 'Vadam in the Blooding Years on Sanghelios. Parangosky purposefully played on his nerves as he came into space above Sanghelios, as Del Rio was running a high-profile operation with high commanders on board. Soon, the Sangheili insurgent ship Defender of Faith began attacking Vadam Keep and the UNSC Infinity. In its first real scenario weapons test, Del Rio destroyed the ship and beat back the Servants of Abiding Truth.[15] Overall, Del Rio succeeded in saving 'Vadam and his keep from the well-organized opposition.
Requiem[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Requiem
- Del Rio: "I… am ordering you… TO SURRENDER THAT AI!"
- John-117: "No, sir."
- — Del Rio to John-117 after Cortana's sudden rampant outburst[16]
Following the disappearance of a science team on Ivanoff Station in 2557, the UNSC Infinity went to assist, and Del Rio picked up a distress call from the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, sent out by John-117 and Cortana. Del Rio then found the Forerunner shield world of Requiem and began to approach the planet, sending out transmissions to try and contact John.[17] Eventually Cortana was able to respond to Del Rio's transmissions, but they continued to be garbled. Not fully hearing Cortana's warnings not to approach Requiem, Del Rio guided the Infinity to the entrance portal and was pulled into the planet, crashing in the jungles of Requiem.[18] In response, Del Rio sent out Lasky, Commander Sarah Palmer, and a contingent of Spartan-IVs and Marines to try to find the coordinates of the gravity well. Del Rio believed the Infinity could provide covering fire and defend itself, however, it failed in both, as Covenant remnant forces led by the Didact forced their way to the bridge. Only John, who had recently encountered what remained of the scouting party, was able to save the ship by activating the defenses using a Mantis. With Infinity's defenses reactivated, the ship was able to destroy two Zanar-pattern light cruisers and drive off the Didact's Cryptum.[6]
Meeting with John and Cortana on the bridge, Del Rio discussed the hostile Promethean response on Requiem. He sent John and Gypsy Company to disable the gravity well keeping the ship on the planet as he wanted to leave immediat