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Del Rio a good leader? That's rich. He wasn't even selected to command Infinity because of his leadership skills, he was selected because he could keep Infinity a secret because he had no family ties back on earth. Lasky was Parangosky's favorite to command Infinity. Parangosky saw Del Rio as more of a manager than a leader, which is very true. Halo 4 demonstrates this on multiple occasions. The Thursday War implies that if Lasky wanted to mutiny than he would succeed with no opposition from the crew because they hold no respect for Del Rio. Palmer sat there and disobeyed a direct order right in front of his face. If that doesn't tell you then I don't know what will. He doesn't inspire people and he's not the awe inspiring leader like Jacob Keyes and Preston Cole. Why do you think he was relieved of duty the first instance he stired up trouble? Because he wasn't the main choice to even command Infinity. ONI was going to replace him the minute they could because they didn't want him commanding Infinity in the first place. He cared more about himself and his ship than he did humanity. He could've easily sent one of the 10 frigates docked in the Infinity's hangar bay back to Earth to warn them while he and the rest of the crew stayed and helped John, but he was too much of a coward to do that. Del Rio's far from a good leader. There's a reason Del Rio was relieved from duty with Lasky replacing him. He made a poor decision and ignored the advice of the man who saved humanity more times than he could ever dream of all because he cared too much about himself and his ship. Humanity far outweighs both and had Del Rio stayed then perhaps all the people who died at the Didacts hands in New Phoenix would have lived.