Ben is fully ready to go along with Sullivan's orders and write the Propaganda Machine story he was supposed to...until he finds out what ONI agents did to him after he was drugged on a flight. He gets so furious that he uploads all his podcasts onto Waypoint, for the whole galaxy to see.
Chief's real actions at the peace conference. All of it.
First, his ship sped to Biko so fast that it practically turned into a fireball, and the planet's radar registered it as one. Chief came out without a scratch.
Next, he opened fire to stop Sekibo from being assassinated, and the alien diplomats as well. He takes down nine assassins with heavy weaponry with nothing but his MA5D assault rifle, M6H magnum and badassery.
Third, he arrived just in time to stop another war from erupting.
Episode 9: Ben reveals EVERYTHING, with the help of Petrosky, to a Senate hearing in order to implicate ONI. He quickly gets his illegal feed shut down by ONI, but within a few minutes, he manages to reveal every single scrap of info to the whole court.
Episode 8 may be a Wham Episode, but the fact that the Outer Colonies are finally going to get justice is pretty damn amazing.
In Episode 11, there's three. First, FERO saves Ben just before he gets turned into an Un-person by ONI. But before that, Ben fistfights the agents on his own. And then, after he escapes, Ben goes on a mining ship to a glassed planet, and proceeds to outrun a storm of glass.
And then, when he takes refuge in a ruined structure that turns out to lead to an underground ONI relay station, he finds an active node and comes across a motherlode of evidence to clear the Chief's name.
Episode 12: Ben gathers all his allies to fight the Big Brother of the Halo Universe, and swears that he will help the Chief and the rest of the galaxy.
Episode 13, while a Wham Episode and depressing, it soon turns awesome near the end when a royally pissed off Petra promises to continue Ben's quest for the truth. Oh yeah, and Del Rio stepped down!
Season Two:
Maya punching the Jerkass Lance Corporal in Episode 1, then leaving as the dirtbag's superior gives him a dressing down.
Maya's epic escape from Isla Zane in Episode 3, blasting off in a transport while the rebels unleash a giant curtain of flak.
