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If you land, every living thing in this world will be united in one cause. To eliminate every trace of you.
Jake Sully to Frances Ardmore about disembarking down to Pandora.

The Resistance refers to the group of people, including Na'vi and some humans with Eywa's help, who are opposing the Resources Development Administration (RDA)'s return to Pandora since 2168. They are involved in the Second Pandoran War and were part of the Skirmish at the Three Brothers and the Colonization of the Western Frontier.

Opposing Frances Ardmore and her mission to make Pandora the new home for those on Earth, their mission is to protect Pandora from the RDA's colonization and environmentally harmful practices. While the Resistance view themselves as the peacekeepers of Pandora, the RDA brands them as eco-terrorists according to Solar Unity Law. The RDA intends to kill Jake Sully due to him being a major war leader of the Resistance, which would greatly destroy Resistance morale and interrupt their plans.

History[]

Background[]

The origins of the Resistance date back to 2154 due to the events of the Pandoran War. Relations between the Na'vi and the RDA were originally peaceful but tensions formed due to the latter's more destructive practices such as bulldozing the Tree of Voices in the forests of Pandora.

Conflicts between the RDA and the Na'vi ignited when attempts for a diplomatic agreement between the two resulted in failure, and violence escalated on both sides. The Na'vi began attacking RDA machinery and killing their members. Meanwhile, the RDA had given up on diplomacy in response to this and shifted to using forceful methods. This resulted in several humans turning away from the organization and forming a resistance with the Na'vi to aid them in driving away the RDA.

The growing resistance was noticed by the organization who attempted to silence them and the Na'vi by launching a preemptive attack to destroy the Tree of Souls. The resistance led Jake Sully and Neytiri worked together to rally approximately 2000 Na'vi from 15 clans alongside like-minded humans to defend from this attack. The RDA lost the subsequent battle and a majority of them were expelled from Pandora, sent back to Earth. Those that remained were largely loyal and/or sympathetic to the Na'vi, taking up residence the RDA base Hell's Gate and eventually making a home for themselves there.

Return of the RDA[]

However, the RDA returned 14 years later due to the fact that Earth was left in ever worsening condition with numerous lives trapped there. The organization came in ten heavily armed spaceships with their arrival having been detected by those on Pandora. The new head administrator Charles Stringer along with general Frances Ardmore broadcasted a transmission and threatened the occupants of Hell's Gate to surrender and be given amnesty, or die. After the RDA made their video broadcast, Jake urged everyone at Hell's Gate to stick with their plan to fight them. Despite this, most humans decided to surrender; a group vote had been cast and more than half of them decided to do so, though some decided to fight with the Na'vi.

Ardmore versus Jake

Jake arguing with Ardmore before the two engage in battle.

The group piloted a spaceship directly to the RDA's fleet and on the Interstellar Vehicle Venture Star. Once there, they were checked for weapons or any other contraband, and were brought to meet General Ardmore and Charles Stringer. Jake threatened to destroy the unobtanium left behind from the war and the various structures as leverage to get the organization to surrender peacefully. He told Frances Ardmore that if the RDA were to step foot on Pandora, every living thing would be united to drive them away. Talks for a diplomatic agreement briefly started which Stringer supported, but once again ended in failure; Jake claimed the organization would simply never hold their end of a treaty and Ardmore made it clear the RDA no longer had interest in any sort of diplomatic solution. This soon led to a violent conflict on the spaceship when Jake ordered one of the structures on Pandora to be destroyed. However, what Jake and his team did not expect was that a human in their group had been secretly working to sabotage the plan. The explosives were soon disarmed and several of their allies on the moon were neutralized. With this, the RDA began to set foot on Pandora en masse, reclaiming Hell's Gate while Jake and his allies were forced to retreat.

The RDA eventually disembarked into the atmosphere and rather than staying in orbit. They used the powerful engines of the spaceship which created firestorms that burned the forest down and killed many of the animals residing there. After the forest burned down, the organization sent down their Landing Modules into the glowing rubble of the burned forest which contained numerous RDA soldiers and machines including AMP drivers and the bulldozers. They proceeded to clear away the remains of the forest and started the construction on Pandora, soon setting up Bridgehead.

The Resistance wages a guerrilla war against the RDA, cutting off supply lines and attacking outposts. Due to the strong coordination of their units and well planning, the Resistance are often successful in their exploits, dealing at least some damage to the operations of the RDA. Even so, the organization still possesses formidable capabilities which more often than not makes the efforts of the Resistance a major challenge. The RDA has also managed to deal damage to the Resistance as well, attacking their bases and neutralizing important assets along with various members.

At one point, Ardmore employed Recom special forces led by Miles Quaritch with the mission to eliminate Jake Sully which would disrupt the Resistance. This group continuously tracked him and his family, finding and almost capturing them once. Although the the Recoms were unable to capture Jake, this still forced him to seek refuge with his family in the Reef Clans, temporarily abandoning the Resistance. In the end, however, the Recom squad was defeated with most of its members having been killed and Quaritch being forced to retreat.

The Resistance's Efforts in the Western Frontier[]

Alma Resistance

Alma Cortez, the leader of the Resistance on the Western Frontier.

Jake Sully left Alma Cortez, one of the former teachers of The Ambassador Program, in charge of Resistance efforts for the Western Frontier region. In the Western Frontier, the Resistance's headquarters lie in the heart of the Kinglor Forest where some former Hell's Gate members are involved with as well. One Resistance member, Alexander Tremayne, invented a tool known as the Systems Interrogation Device (SID) for visualizing and manipulating embedded electronics. Designed with Na'vi scale in mind, it's made up of bespoke Resistance technology, combining RDA and TAP elements. The handheld device was designed to allow avatars and Na'vi in the Resistance to interact with human scale technology. Due to its unique components, it can be used to hack into RDA technology.

Thanks to the efforts of a surviving member of the Sarentu Clan who had been harmed by the RDA, the Resistance was able to unite Aranahe Clan, Zeswa Clan and Kame'tire Clan, and with their help, they were able to destroy a major RDA facility and defeat John Mercer. Thanks to this, the Resistance gained the respect of the Na'vi, and they even invited the Sky People to participate in the Great Games in the Heart of the Plains, although the festival ended up turning into a confrontation with the RDA.

List of Known Members[]

Avatar: The High Ground[]

Jake Sully TWOW
(leader of the Resistance)
Neytiri infobox
Mingxia
(valkyrie pilot; formerly)
Meg
Meg Elkins ♀ †
(former RDA employee)
Winslow comic
Josh Winslow ♂ †
(former RDA employee)

Avatar: The Way of Water[]

Max in 2170
Jocelyn
Tarsem
Tarsem

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora[]

Alma render
(leader in the Western Frontier)
Na'vi Woman Frontiers Protagonist
The Sarentu ♀ ♂
(warrior / hunter)
Priya Chen
(biologist)
Tremayne
(biologist)
Anqa
(pilot)
So'lek render
So'lek
(hunter)
Nor render
Nor
Teylan render
Teylan
Ri'nela render
Billy Nash
Billy Nash ♂ †
(soldier)
Daniela
(sniper)
Hajir
(medic)
Hurit Ahenakew
(trader)
Jin-young
(carpenter)
Nalin
(medic)
Rajinder Singh Grewal
(clothing section for the Resistance)
CL Placeholder
(mentioned)

Trivia[]

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