I can see the Concordat being a source of irritation for the Combine leadership, given the lure it probably exerts on the low-class workforce, who are supposed to be slaving away in factories and not running off to join what they presumably see as some sort of cybernetic utopia (it has a representative government and free implants for everyone!). Meanwhile, the Covenant would probably be quite interested in trading for its technologies, which might be a source of internal friction between the two (and the Union, provided either side manages to convince them that cybernetics are actually relevant in one way or another).


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[@Klomster] Just treat the bombardment/Desolation of Tenohexotl as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki of this RP; everyone dropped the most devastating and explode-y WMDs on the planet to both destroy it but also to show off to everyone else "this is what our WMDs can do, don't fuck with us" sort of thing.

Basically, any weapon that didn't destroy the crust or stripped away the entire atmosphere was probably dropped on Tenohexotl as a sort of military show and tell amongst everyone else and was a decent place of testing stuff out. Hell, you could probably still get away with detonating shit on it provided you have a base on remains of Tenohexolt and don't destroy the planet entirely.
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Now that could prove interesting. The war, and the Desolation in particular, could have been a major point in the Covenant's acquisition of ascendance over the two governments, being an excellent ground for proving that their experimental technologies and hybrid tactics are superior to either's specialised approach to warfare. They would also be quite likely to keep a base there - which would be very bad news for the Quixikotl, since the Covenant's arsenal contains anything between particle weaponry, evolving war drone interfaces, mutated beasts, artificial plagues, poison gasses and more, all of which they are impatient to test on anything that will not offer more than negligible resistance. Not to mention the frequent raids to capture living test subjects for less than ethical purposes - after all, how often does one have the opportunity to experiment on sentient beings without rousing the entire system's wrath?


As for the Schäferkin... I suppose the Covenant would be quite interested in acquiring some Tak'a'dis scientific findings. The species itself would be a stark reminder for the Vraslil not to make their creations too self-aware, lest the same happen to them. Though one would be certain to find some gene-weaver who would only be all the more motivated by seeing what biological engineering can achieve...