Awesome violence there. I can't help but wonder how the Independants weren't wiped out, with the likes of Emile hunting them down. There's also the question of why they didn't drop their lesser conflict in favour of fighting the Covanent, but I suppose you can't expect such pragmatism with ONI constantly misinforming people about how the war was going.

By the way, I can fully sympathise with your plight regarding Halo 4, although in my case it's more that if I were to get it, the quality of my work would drop 90% and I can't afford that just now.