There was only one ship
One? Are you sure?
Yes. They called it...The Pillar of Autumn.
Why was it not destroyed with the rest of their fleet?
It fled. As we set fire to their planet.
But I followed with all the ships in my command.
When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?
Blinded?
Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?
No.
Yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring...
and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!
Noble Hierarchs. Surely you understand that once the parasite attacked -
There will be order in this council!
You were right to focus your attention on the Flood. But this demon, this Master Chief...
By the time I learned the Demon's intent...
there was nothing I could do.
Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler! The Council demands it!
You are one of our most treasured instruments. Long have you have led your fleet with honor and distinction...
but your inability to safeguard Halo was a colossal failure...
Nay! It was heresy!
I will continue my campaign against the humans!
No! You will not.
Soon the Great Journey shall begin...
But when it does, the weight of your heresy will stay your feet...
and you shall be left behind.
The plating was about to fail. There's viscosity throughout the gel-layer.
Optics? Totally fried.
And lets not even talk about the power-supply.
You know how expensive this gear is, son?
Tell that to the Covenant.