The Resistance

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.
==Background==
===Origins (Avatar)===
The origins of the Resistance date back to 2154 due to the events of the Pandoran War. Conflicts between the RDA and the Na'vi ignited when attempts for a diplomatic agreement between the Na'vi and the RDA resulted in failure, and violence escalated on both sides. The Na'vi began attacking RDA machinery and killing their members. Meanwhile, the RDA bulldozed the Tree of Voices, toppled the Omatikaya Hometree, and were about to destroy the Tree of Souls. Jake Sully and Neytiri worked together to rally approximately 2000 Na'vi from 15 clans. The RDA lost the Assault on the Tree of Souls and were expelled from Pandora.
===Return of the RDA (Avatar: The High Ground & Avatar: The Way of Water) ===
However, the RDA returned 14 years later due to the fact that Earth was left in ever worsening condition with numerous lives trapped there. After the RDA made their video broadcast, Jake urged everyone at Hell's Gate to stick with their plan to fight them. Despite this, some humans such as Nash McCosker and Mary decided to surrender, as the RDA claimed they would grant them amnesty. A group vote had been casted and over half decided to surrender. However, some others such as Wu Mingxia, Meg Elkins and Josh Winslow decided to fight for the Na'vi.
On the Interstellar Vehicle Venture Star, Jake told Frances Ardmore that if the RDA step foot on Pandora, every living thing would be united against them to drive them away. Talks for a diplomatic agreement briefly started, but Jake claimed the RDA would simply never hold their end of a treaty and Ardmore simply replied "we're done here" showing that the RDA no longer had any interest in any sort of diplomatic solution. This led to a violent conflict on the spaceship, with the RDA beginning to set foot on Pandora en masse, reclaiming Hell's Gate.
The RDA began to disembark into the atmosphere like the Interstellar Vehicle Manifest Destiny rather than staying in orbit and thanks to the spaceship's most powerful engines they created firestorms that lead info burning the forest down and killed many of it's animals near the territory of the Omatikaya Clan and over the Eastern Sea. After the forest burned down they started to decelerate by landing their Landing Module into the glowing rubble of the burned forest with the Amplified Mobility Platform and the RDA Bulldozer later coming out of the module by starting removing animal remains and remnants of vegetation leading to began the construction on Pandora, setting up Bridgehead around 2169.
Jake waged a guerrilla war, cutting supply lines connecting Bridgehead, attacking outposts and mag-levs. Due to the high mobility of their units and deep knowledge of human warfare, SecOps was unable to effectively counter their attacks, and this forced Ardmore to rely on Recom special forces led by Recom Quaritch. Although the Recoms were unable to capture Jake, this forced him to seek refuge with his family in the Sea Clans, abandon the Resistance.
===The Resistance's efforts (Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora)===
Some Na'vi did not know how to react to the RDA's return, wishing to live in peace. However, other strong-willed Na'vi, as well as the humans who defected from the RDA, planned to create a group that would fight the RDA until Ardmore would surrender her colonization of Pandora. According to Etuwa, "If we do not fight, we will lose everything. We did not want war... but they have made us warriors. We must bring the fight to them."
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.
With the aid of the Aranahe Clan, Zeswa Clan and Kame'tire Clan, the Resistance was able to destroy a major RDA facility and presumably defeat John Mercer.
==Trivia==
* The name was coined for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, appearing in So'lek's biography on the Pandorapedia.
* The Metkayina Clan may be considered part of the Resistance, although they were really only involved with the skirmish at the Three Brothers and Tonowari said the clan does not want war. Ultimately, whether or not they become involved with the Resistance may be seen in Avatar 3.
* There is another organization known as the Resistance in another James Cameron series called The Terminator.
==Notable Members==
===Avatar: The High Ground===
Names 	Status 	Occupation 	Portrait
Wu Mingxia 	Alive 	Valkyrie pilot (formerly)	
Meg Elkins 	Deceased	Former RDA employee 	
Josh Winslow	Deceased	Former RDA employee 	
===Avatar: The Way of Water===
Names 	Status	Occupation 	Portrait
Jake Sully 	Alive 	Leader of the Resistance	
Neytiri 	Alive 	None 	
Norm Spellman	Alive 	None 	
Max Patel 	Alive 	None 	
Jocelyn 	Alive 	None 	
Tarsem 	Alive 	None 	
===Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora===
Names 	Status 	Occupation 	Portrait
Alma Cortez 	Alive 	Leader in the Wester Frontier 	
The Sarentu 	Alive 	Warrior/Hunter 	
Priya Chen 	Alive 	Biologist 	
Alexander Tremayne 	Alive 	Biologist 	
Anqa Salaam 	Alive 	Pilot 	
So'lek 	Alive 	Hunter 	
Nor 	Alive 	None 	
Teylan 	Alive 	None 	
Ri'nela 	Alive 	None 	
Billy Nash 	Deceased	Soldier 	
Daniela Neves-MacKay 	Deceased	Sniper 	
Hajir Beshara 	Deceased	Medic 	
Hurit Ahenakew 	Alive 	Trader 	
Jin-young Mackay 	Alive 	Carpenter 	
Kady Winslow 	Alive 	Unknown 	
Louis de Luca 	Alive 	Unknown 	
Nalin Laine 	Alive 	Medic 	
Rajinder Singh Grewal	Alive 	Clothing section for the Resistance	
Shanaya Levin 	Alive 	Unknown 	
=== Mentioned ===
* Nathan Williams
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