User:SheWhoKnows/Grunt Republic

History
After the Fall of the Covenant and the withdrawal of the Brutes from old Covenant territories in the southern sectors of the galaxy, the Grunts went back to their homeworld by stealing old Covenant ships. Rebuilding Balaho to its former glory, they gained galactic favor by helping the UNSC rebuild and by supplying food and technology. After that they followed an isolationist policy, and colonized many of the systems in the southern Milky Way. Becoming a mainly agrarian society, they exported billions of tons of food to the Coalition side during the Yanme'e-UNSC Joint Defensive Campaign. It then started many light industrial worlds so it wouldnt need to import amny consumer goods, however it still imports heavy industrial supplies from places like Gromine in the Yanme'e Emirates and from industrial planets terraformed in the UNSC. During the years before the Masaban War, several million Kig-Yar immigrated there because of the irrepairable devastation caused by the above campaign. The chief advantage of this was that it changed the way the Kig-Yar thought of the Unggoy, as the joyfully excepted them into their society with out discrimination, even after the way the Kig-Yar treated them in the Covenant. This came as a military advantage for the Republic military, because they now had skilled shipmasters and could incorporate excellent sharpshooters into training Unggoy soldiers.

Military
The Grunt Republic military borrows heavily from UNSC, Yanme'e, Sangheili, and Covenant tactics, as well as using mainly old Covenant ships and weapons. Below is a list of new ranks made after the Human-Covenant War.


 * Jackal Runner: These Jackals chief purpose is as scouts and pilots. They are primarily armed with Covenant Carbines or Plasma Rifles, and when in their pilot role fly either Banshees, Seraphs, or Phantoms. They do not wear Kig-Yar Point Defense Gauntlets but do wear Sniper monacles.


 * Grunt Ranger: Grunt Rangers wear modified Brute Jump Packs and wield either Brute Plasma Rifles or a Needlers. Their primary role is to bombard enemy positions quickly, however most Grunts think this is a suicide rank and avoid becoming one.


 * Jackal Guardian: Jackal Guardians are primarily used as bodyguards for high ranked individuals. They are armed with Spikers and are vicious with these weapons. They are the only known Jackal rank to be seen dualwielding (Kig-Yar Point Defense Gauntlets aside). They wear heavier armor which can take alot of damage (4 shots from a Brute Shot) before killing the wearer.

Culture
The Grunt's have 2 holidays, Freedom Day and GR Day. Freedom Day honors all those who died unlawfully for the Covenant and GR Day honors the Grunts who long ago tryed to gain independence from the Covenant against unstoppable forces. Jackals celebrate their own holidays without persecution and hold large feasts that anyone can come to.