Talk:Rio de Janeiro

Covenant Asylum Seekers
If their are Covenant asylum seekers, does this mean that the peace relations are still working with the Arbiter?
 * I've been wondering this too, I wasn't sure if he was joking or not. I most certainly hope that this means peace negotiations were still going on, it's been nagging at me for a while now. --Tent acle Torn ado  14:52, 16 December 2012 (EST)
 * Not at all. In this context, "Covenant" refers to any and all former member and client species of the defunct empire. It doesn't mean Thel 'Vadam has pursued a lasting peace with Earth and her colonies, simply that these refugees would take their chances with a former enemy rather than the harsh wilds of remnant-occupied space. Same thing happens after a lot of major conflicts here in real life.
 * It's comparable to a Nazi seeking safety in Israel immediately after World War Two. Then again it may be a subtle reference to Josef Mengele fleeing to Brazil.
 * Yep, because all Germans were Nazis and every Covenant soldier committed mass atrocities on their own accord.
 * We did lose a few billion people along with some major cities because of the Covenant, and let's not even get started about how many colonies got glassed. I don't think the citizens of Earth would be terribly welcoming. 1-1 Marines
 * We've been through enough wars to know better than to hold your everyday citizen with contempt. Besides, its not as if the UNSC can act like saints.
 * Still, why is the UNSC allowing refugees from the Covenant on Earth? Thel's a good guy but I don't think we'd exactly say, "Make yourselves at home!" to him and Half-Jaw considering security issues and that we already got enough problems with our OWN COLONIAL REFUGEES. Tex the Spartan