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There's a reason why I mentioned Nanking earlier, I'll let you figure the connection out.

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Just because the Quxikotl have been crippled doesn't mean they'll bend their knee to you; the cost of keeping the guys in line as a vassal or puppet would far out weight any actual plus you'd get from them.  Plus, if you plan on testing weapon on Tenohexotl, you are going to have a hell of a time trying to get the race who you are using as live test dummies to comply with you. 

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Oh, I never mentioned annexing them. That would, as you mentioned, not be worth the effort. What the Covenant would instead probably do is set up a fortress-testing facility on the planet and let loose their newly developed weapons on any Quxikotl unfortunate enough to wander within sensor range. Given the state they are reduced to, I doubt the Quxicotl would be able to do much about it, as attacking the base would prompt the Covenant to send reinforcements, and, considering the historical antecedents, the other nations will either pretend not to notice or simply not care about these doings.