Founded in Wy250, the Republic of Grove is the oldest human colony outside of [[Whistler]]. The colony was astoundingly successful due to the rich fruits of the [[Grove]] system and grew into the billions in subsequent centuries. The six year sleeper trip from [[Whistler]] allowed the colony to socially evolve independent from its parent state, causing the inevitable rebellion when [[The Whistler Colonial Corporate Council|The Council]] attempted to reassert control after the creation of the jump drive. The people of [[Grove]] knew a war was inevitable and had built a formidable navy that the [[Whistler Defense Force|WDF]] was ill-prepared for. It took nearly forty years for the [[Unification War]] to end. The back of the Republic was finally broken in 590 after [[Jack Cartwright]] crashed the [[WDF Indomitable]] into the Cheyenne Drive Yards and Colonel [[Cara Burton]]’s Marines took the capital city of Laurel. The battle marked the first deliberate targeting of a manufacturing base in wartime since the colony’s founding, shattering a sacred taboo. The subsequent twelve years of occupation sent the former government into hiding, emerging as the Grove Independence Army. In Wy602 they overthrew the provisional government installed by [[The Whistler Colonial Corporate Council|The Council]] with overwhelming public support and are attempting to negotiate sovereignty.