Human Quadrant Defense Grid

The HQDG (Human Quadrent Defence Grid) are the main allied force of Olimar in Pikmin: Triad war. They were set up by the non-Illuminati human population to fight The Illuminati.

History

After world war III, the surviving non-Illuminati population fled from the irradiated wasteland that was once earth and settled on the habitable moons of Jupiter and Saturn. To make sure that the new society wasn't vulnerably to attack, the government set up the HQDG in 2107 to combat the Illuminati if they ever returned. Since they hadn't returned for so long, the HQDG decided to try and go on the offensive in 2168. They found various Illuminati related activities scattered throughout the quadrant, ranging from small to medium. Most of the Illuminati operations they uncovered were heavily centred around gene splicing projects. However, the projects didn't involve animals native to earth. The Illuminati had gone one step beyond and were mixing the gene splicing with their dimensional travel experiments.

...what is it good for?

After fighting the Illuminati and their Pokémorphs with the help of their own, the war seemed to come to a standstill. The HQDG decided to sign a ceasefire treaty with the Illuminati in 2193. However, they still monitored the Illuminatis activity just in case they tried to attack. Many rumours circulated around but they thought most of them were false or too crazy to work. This was until a division of the HQDG which was stationed near PNF-404 learned of the Illuminati superweapon and that it was being constructed on the planet. They activated the cloaking device and entered the atmosphere...