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Later, Delgado was approached by Council member [[Peter Bonifacio]]. Bonifacio asked Delgado to hand over the data chip, with the intentions of giving it to the Kig-Yar leader, [[Reth]]. When he refused to do so, Bonifacio had Delgado arrested.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 120''</ref> Delgado was later interrogated by the members of the Security Council, asking for the location of the navigation data. The Council revealed that they were intending to place the data to the [[Exodus Project]] for safekeeping. Delgado reluctantly agreed and he brought Bonifacio and Diego to where the data was hidden, aboard his freighter, the ''[[Distancia]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 175''</ref> When the three reached the freighter, Delgado was about to hand the data over to Esquival, but Diego was shot and mortally wounded by Bonifacio. Diego and Delgado were locked in the ''Distancia'''s damaged airlocks and left to die from lack of [[oxygen]]. Esquival succumbed to his wounds, but Delgado was rescued by [[Spartan-II|Spartan]] [[Gray Team]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 238''</ref> | Later, Delgado was approached by Council member [[Peter Bonifacio]]. Bonifacio asked Delgado to hand over the data chip, with the intentions of giving it to the Kig-Yar leader, [[Reth]]. When he refused to do so, Bonifacio had Delgado arrested.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 120''</ref> Delgado was later interrogated by the members of the Security Council, asking for the location of the navigation data. The Council revealed that they were intending to place the data to the [[Exodus Project]] for safekeeping. Delgado reluctantly agreed and he brought Bonifacio and Diego to where the data was hidden, aboard his freighter, the ''[[Distancia]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 175''</ref> When the three reached the freighter, Delgado was about to hand the data over to Esquival, but Diego was shot and mortally wounded by Bonifacio. Diego and Delgado were locked in the ''Distancia'''s damaged airlocks and left to die from lack of [[oxygen]]. Esquival succumbed to his wounds, but Delgado was rescued by [[Spartan-II|Spartan]] [[Gray Team]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 238''</ref> | ||
He assisted then-Lieutenant [[Jacob Keyes]], Gray Team and a battalion of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] take a Kig-Yar ship and afterwards, defeated a few dozen Kig-Yar alongside the ODSTs, Spartans and his fellow [[Rubble Defense Force]] members. During the final stages of the battle, Delgado flew a [[D77-TC Pelican]] to retrieve ODSTs and Spartans from the surface of [[Metisette]], where they had planted a timed [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|nuclear device]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 307''</ref> Soon after the battle and helping [[Exodus Project|Habitat Exodus]] and the Rubble's surviving population evacuate to the [[18 Scorpii system]], he made the decision to join the [[UNSC Navy]] after attending the funeral of his friend and former mentor, Diego Esquival on [[Falaknuma]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', '' | He assisted then-Lieutenant [[Jacob Keyes]], Gray Team and a battalion of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] take a Kig-Yar ship and afterwards, defeated a few dozen Kig-Yar alongside the ODSTs, Spartans and his fellow [[Rubble Defense Force]] members. During the final stages of the battle, Delgado flew a [[D77-TC Pelican]] to retrieve ODSTs and Spartans from the surface of [[Metisette]], where they had planted a timed [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|nuclear device]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 307''</ref> | ||
===Joining the Navy=== | |||
Soon after the battle and helping [[Exodus Project|Habitat Exodus]] and the Rubble's surviving population evacuate to the [[18 Scorpii system]], he made the decision to join the [[UNSC Navy]] after attending the funeral of his friend and former mentor, Diego Esquival on [[Falaknuma]]. Due to his background and attitude, the Navy recruiter was uninterested in Delgado, but [[Commander]] [[Hadley]] of [[ONI]] intervened on his behalf. Hadley promised that if Delgado didn't wash out, he would have a place on an ONI [[Prowler]] after he graduated. Delgado, after flipping Hadley off, officially signed on, stating that too many people would be pleased if he failed to even consider it.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 355-356''</ref> | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||