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'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': It’s not a promising sign for democracy when a catastrophe touches a majority of the voters and seemingly, every politician in the UEG was trying to leverage the public outrage into talking points. Everything from military spending to tax relief. Not Senator Andrew Del Rio though, his sights were centered on one narrow target. | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': It’s not a promising sign for democracy when a catastrophe touches a majority of the voters and seemingly, every politician in the UEG was trying to leverage the public outrage into talking points. Everything from military spending to tax relief. Not Senator Andrew Del Rio though, his sights were centered on one narrow target. | ||
'''Andrew Del Rio''': So … the Master Chief stormed an assembly of peace activists and began to gun people down. Now, I’m sorry but the SPARTAN-IIs are fundamentally flawed and dangerously outdated. They are an embarrassment and danger with their rusted tech and degraded neurology, but we just keep bleeding taxpayers dry. Now we’re seeing the real cost. That program isn’t built on faded glory, but faded principles! Volatile remnants of powerful weapons governed by increasingly corroded minds. There is a reason you’ll never see video of a SPARTAN-IV attacking civilians or murdering heroes. I can vouch personally for the character of ''each and every SPARTAN-IV'' as warriors and as people. After the tragic events on Biko, I don’t think there is a person alive who can say the same of the SPARTAN-IIs. Mark my words: if we fail to decommission the SPARTAN-IIs, there ''will'' be more Bikos and there will be more massacres. Nobody wants to say it, but damn it somebody has to for those nineteen families whose loved ones are never coming home because of this “False Spartan,” this broken bastardization of a soldier who would abandon his post, dishonor his uniform, and slaughter the very people he swore to protect. In the name of decency, it’s time to tear down that statue and put down the Master Chief | '''Andrew Del Rio''': So … the Master Chief stormed an assembly of peace activists and began to gun people down. Now, I’m sorry but the SPARTAN-IIs are fundamentally flawed and dangerously outdated. They are an embarrassment and danger with their rusted tech and degraded neurology, but we just keep bleeding taxpayers dry. Now we’re seeing the real cost. That program isn’t built on faded glory, but faded principles! Volatile remnants of powerful weapons governed by increasingly corroded minds. There is a reason you’ll never see video of a SPARTAN-IV attacking civilians or murdering heroes. I can vouch personally for the character of ''each and every SPARTAN-IV'' as warriors and as people. After the tragic events on Biko, I don’t think there is a person alive who can say the same of the SPARTAN-IIs. Mark my words: if we fail to decommission the SPARTAN-IIs, there ''will'' be more Bikos and there will be more massacres. Nobody wants to say it, but damn it somebody has to for those nineteen families whose loved ones are never coming home because of this “False Spartan,” this broken bastardization of a soldier who would abandon his post, dishonor his uniform, and slaughter the very people he swore to protect. In the name of decency, it’s time to tear down that statue and put down the Master Chief. | ||
'''Benjamin (voiceover)''': I had to hand it to Andrew Del Rio; the man had focus. However much I hated Del Rio and the whole propaganda machine - the leaks, the video, the report – they didn’t lie. The Chief shot Ambassador Sekibo’s bodyguard at point blank range, grabbed the Ambassador, then escaped with the ''Alien'' delegation in a hail of gunfire, and dropped off Sekibo’s body the next day. Those were the facts and no matter how corrupt these politicians were, I couldn’t argue with the evidence. Chief needed to come in and face due process so we could know the truth. I still believed in the Chief – I believed that his legend would be restored and I knew there had to be more to this story. I don’t know if I become overconfident by daylight or distracted by Del Rio … but I didn’t even hear the intruder until they tripped the alarm. | '''Benjamin (voiceover)''': I had to hand it to Andrew Del Rio; the man had focus. However much I hated Del Rio and the whole propaganda machine - the leaks, the video, the report – they didn’t lie. The Chief shot Ambassador Sekibo’s bodyguard at point blank range, grabbed the Ambassador, then escaped with the ''Alien'' delegation in a hail of gunfire, and dropped off Sekibo’s body the next day. Those were the facts and no matter how corrupt these politicians were, I couldn’t argue with the evidence. Chief needed to come in and face due process so we could know the truth. I still believed in the Chief – I believed that his legend would be restored and I knew there had to be more to this story. I don’t know if I become overconfident by daylight or distracted by Del Rio … but I didn’t even hear the intruder until they tripped the alarm. | ||