Atriox vs Master Chief

Usually your claim and question on why Atriox did not actually destroy the spirit of fire is mainly only due to the developer's choice of narrative progression. There were MANY times in the halo universe where many ships, and characters could easily have been killed. One example being Master Chief. Even though it makes sense due to the action taking place that he actually would, or could have died, it would not be beneficial for the progression of the story. There are many times where heroes, and enemies could have simply killed each other with a few headshots if not one, but even though it makes sense, it would not make the story narrative go anywhere, and would be an overall bad and bland, and quick way to kill off a character. I can put this into account when talking about why Atriox did not eliminate the Spirit Of Fire. In reality, yes, Atriox would actually have done that if it were the case of his actual mindset and not the creators. But if Atriox just destroyed the ship like that, what story would there be? things like this are entirely only for narrative progression. I will give you one analogy not halo related. If the Batman vs Superman fight were to actually happen, Superman could easily have either froze, beamed, or punched and killed batman with one blow. But this did not happen only due to narrative purposes. Back to Atriox. You have to remember what his gravity mace can do. He was able to pull red team towards him in a magnetic way. I'm sure this is a way so that chief cannot have the tactical range advantage on him. If he were not to even pull all of chief towards him, he could pull and take his weapons away with this tactic, leaving chief no choice but to charge at Atriox in some sort of way. Atriox has the entire floor ground to him. He could easily either smash the ground to throw chief to the ground, or he could entirely pull chief to him, and slam him to the other side of the fighting arena, having Atriox almost entirely defeating him already due to his sheer strength, and position he is in. Speed is not the most strong suit of brutes, but they still can be quite fast in some cases. If you look at how the brutes charge at their enemies with full force and rage, they are actually quite fast. But overall, speed is not everything. During the great schism in High Charity in Halo 2, the elites, and the brutes, (excluding the other species) fought and battled against one another. The thought always was that speed and smartness would always have you win, but in the case of the great schism, the brutes were mainly able to win nearly every encounter with the elites. Especially in a close quarters environment, speed and smartness is not always the key to success. This is why the brutes were easily able to win most encounters. Their sheer willpower and tenacity could not be matched by the Elites. This goes the same for Atriox and Master Chief. Especially in a close quarters environment, Atriox has many key advantages that easily deem superior as opposed to Chief. Overall, Atriox's sheer strength, intelligence, and experience in the enemies tactic gives him every advantage one would so ever need to win in a fight.