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Del Rio performed poorly under pressure. During the Battle of Requiem, he became increasingly frustrated and became angry when others questioned his orders. When directly challenged, he was reduced to a screaming rage, demanding the arrest of the Master Chief for refusing to surrender Cortana for decommissioning, though it was an order nobody on the bridge followed through on. | Del Rio performed poorly under pressure. During the Battle of Requiem, he became increasingly frustrated and became angry when others questioned his orders. When directly challenged, he was reduced to a screaming rage, demanding the arrest of the Master Chief for refusing to surrender Cortana for decommissioning, though it was an order nobody on the bridge followed through on. | ||
[[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] believed that he was the type of commander who was more of a manager than a leader and as a result would be one that was followed more begrudgingly than a well-respected commander who had the devotion of his crew. This could easily be seen as true with Del Rio's crew choosing to side with the Master Chief over him, starting with the bridge crew blatantly ignoring his orders to arrest the Master Chief and continuing with Lasky helping the Chief to escape with a Pelican rather than stopping him as Del Rio ordered. Even the soldiers in ''Infinity's'' hanger bay would choose to ignore Del Rio's orders and allow the Master Chief to escape rather than try to stop him. | |||
For whatever reason, Del Rio bore an intense dislike of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] and believed they were outdated and ready to be retired. During the Battle of Requiem, Del Rio repeatedly rejected the Master Chief's suggestions and questioned his mental competence. Much later, when the Master Chief appeared to have turned traitor, Senator Del Rio used the opportunity to praise the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and condemned the Spartan-IIs as obsolete. He was forced to recant this after the Master Chief was vindicated, and subsequently took a leave of absence, likely to escape political blowback from his condemnation. | For whatever reason, Del Rio bore an intense dislike of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] and believed they were outdated and ready to be retired. During the Battle of Requiem, Del Rio repeatedly rejected the Master Chief's suggestions and questioned his mental competence. Much later, when the Master Chief appeared to have turned traitor, Senator Del Rio used the opportunity to praise the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and condemned the Spartan-IIs as obsolete. He was forced to recant this after the Master Chief was vindicated, and subsequently took a leave of absence, likely to escape political blowback from his condemnation. | ||