Security Operations

Security Operations, also called SecOps and Sec-Ops, is the private security element of the Resources Development Administration. Officially tasked to keep RDA personnel and infrastructure safe on Pandora, they also work for the organization in their fight against the Na'vi and the Resistance.
== History ==
=== Formation ===
Sec-Ops was founded around the year 2129, not long after Pandora began being colonized by the Resource Development Administration and was discovered that the moon was home to a variety of dangerous wildlife, from stingbats to viperwolves and thanators.
After the establishment of Hell's Gate, Sec-Ops was tasked with protecting the base and the RDA's mining operations for Unobtanium. However, Sec-Ops was known to clash against the indigenous Na'vi.
=== Pandoran War ===
In 2154, during the height of the Pandoran War, Sec-Ops was led by Colonel Miles Quaritch in the Battle of the Hallelujah Mountains to fight the Na'vi and force them away from the largest deposit of unobtanium. The RDA and Sec-Ops lost this battle and the majority of humans were forced to leave Pandora. However, prior to this defeat, the RDA developed Recombinants, specialized human/Na'vi hybrids with notable military backgrounds.
=== Return to Pandora (Second Pandoran War) ===
Upon the RDA's return to the moon in 2168, Sec-Ops was based on the newly constructed colony of Bridgehead, where they faced an insurgency by the Omatikaya clan and various members of the Resistance. Avatars were now allowed to be used by Sec-Ops members as well, as their cost to create significantly decreased over time.
Sec-Ops was primarily led by a four-star general named Frances Ardmore. Given the task of on-world commander, she desired to track down and kill the leader of the insurgency, Jake Sully, whom she previously fought on the Interstellar Vehicle Venture Star.
A year into the insurgency, in 2170, Recombinants were used to carry out missions in the forests as they are able to move around Pandora without immediately being repelled by the fauna or Na'vi warriors. Sec-Ops also collaborated with is naval counterpart, Cetacean Operations, as a security force during naval missions to harvest amrita.
==Role==
Sec-Ops personnel look constantly outward, toward the perimeter. The contractors are a group of hardened individuals and military veterans, who live by the philosophy that sharp eyes, fast hands and loaded, destructive weapons are the keys to survival in the harsh conditions of Pandora.
There are several classes of Sec-Ops soldiers, such as grunts and weapon specialists (heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, rapid-fire nailguns, etc.), medics, AMP suit pilots, HazMat Troopers (troopers with flamethrowers), Elite Troopers, and even special forces operators.James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Sec-Ops fights against the Na'vi and the Resistance. They work to protect RDA personnel and structures, as well as their fellow members. However, they methods are more often than not aggressive and violent, thus they can be considered antagonists of the Avatar series. They are also sometimes portrayed as being trigger-happy. For example, one member had killed Sylwanin and another fired directly at Jake Sully, though both instances were due to provocation when these two had attacked and destroyed RDA equipment.
==Arsenal==
Though it is mainly tasked for security and defense, the military capabilities of Sec-Ops far exceeded the armed forces of many Earth governments. The troops wear thick battle-helmets, exopacks, advanced body armor and carry heavy military-issue weaponry.
Their arsenal of vehicles is also lethal, with their C-21 Dragon Assault Ships possessing the capability to level whole cities with its explosive munitions. In addition, high-tech devices like U-T suicide drones, auto-turrets, and ultrasonic repulsor pods that keep Pandoran wildlife at bay round out their arsenal.
Despite this mix of firepower, combat proven tactics and technology, the Sec-Ops are not permitted to carry nuclear weapons or other WMDs, their power having been limited by a treaty prohibiting these weapons as well as the RDA's military space power, in a mandate set by the United Nations.
For better dispersal of their logistics capabilities, the RDA has seen to it that the Sec-Ops are rapidly resupplied in the field by the ammunition dispenser pods (a-pods) set up throughout a local battlezone; their access panels are sealed with encrypted locks to prevent those supplies from falling into enemy hands.
Ultrasonic repulsor pods keep out Pandoran wildlife; these are primarily used to patch breached security fences.
== Bridgehead Sec-Ops ==
As seen in Frances Ardmore's biography in Avatar: The Way of Water: The Visual Dictionary, Sec-Ops has a branch called the BSO (Bridgehead Sec-Ops) meant for defending Bridgehead. Its emblem is a black bird grabbing a green snake.
==Known Personnel==
===Films===
Name 	Status 	Occupation 	Portrait
Miles Quaritch 	Deceased (human)
Alive (Recom clone)	Chief of Security (human)
Commanding officer 1st Recom Squad (clone Recom)	
Jake Sully 	Deceased (human)
Alive (Na'vi)	Formerly Corporal 	
Lyle Wainfleet 	Deceased (human)
Alive (Recom clone)	Mercenary (human)
Leader of the 1st Recom Squad (clone Recom)	
Frances Ardmore 	Alive 	General 	
Dorman 	Alive 	Ardmore's aide 	
Sean Fike 	Deceased	Mercenary
1st Recom Squad	
Trudy Chacón 	Deceased	Formerly Samson pilot	
Venture Star Crew Chief	Unknown 	Warrant officer 	
Brown 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Ja 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Lopez 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Prager 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Walker 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Warren 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Zdinarsik 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Zhang 	Deceased	1st Recom Squad 	
Mansk 	Unknown 	1st Recom Squad 	
===James Cameron's Avatar: The Game - Wii/PSP - DS - iOS/Android (non-canon)===
Name 	Occupation 	Portrait
Able Ryder 	Signal specialist 	
Batista 	Explosive specialist 	
Buckland 	Occupation unknown 	
Cheevers 	Specialist 	
Dalton 	Private 	
Fulson 	Commander 	
Jezik 	Infantryman 	
Karl Falco 	Commander 	
Kendra Midori	Officer 	
Kensington 	Occupation unknown 	
Magnusson 	Occupation unknown 	
Olewski 	Samson pilot 	
Savoy 	Quartermaster 	
Welles 	Operations specialist	
Winslow 	Captain 	
Conrad Olson 	General 	
Sean Wallen 	Major 	
Lawrence 	Private 	
Mel 	Private 	
Ryan Lorenz 	Formerly Captain 	
John Cage 	Major 	
===Avatar: Pandora Rising (non-canon)===
Name 	Occupation 	Portrait
Abel Stojack 	Occupation unknown 	
Alejandra Castro 	Mining engineer, mineralogist	
Alexis Riviera-Jones	Supply chief 	
Angela Henrick 	Occupation unknown 	
Bill Onozuki 	Occupation unknown 	
CJ 	Occupation unknown 	
Chizue Sakai 	Occupation unknown 	
Danielle Casey 	Occupation unknown 	
Dele Balogun 	Occupation unknown 	
Eliza Drennek 	CEO 	
Jeremiah Smith 	Occupation unknown 	
Kamath 	Doctor 	
Katherine Hale 	Captain 	
Kevin Michaels 	Captain 	
Marcus Freeman 	Warrant officer 	
Maria Leon 	RDA Archeologist 	
Mason Williams 	Flamethrower operative 	
Murat Buldan 	Occupation unknown 	
Nadine Reza 	Zoologist 	
Nasier Dubois 	Major 	
Nic Alihatar 	Master sergeant 	
Rick Connors 	Mining operation boss 	
Trina Shen 	Robotics engineer 	
Victor Morgado 	Occupation unknown 	
Wei Chang 	Self proclaimed nerd 	
Zoey Kung 	Commander 	
===Avatar: Reckoning (canonicity unknown)===
Names 	Status 	Occupation 	Portrait
Ashley Sloane 	Alive 	Sniper 	
Hercules 	Deceased	AMP suit pilot 	
Austin Finlay 	Alive 	Occupation unknown	
Nathan Gomez 	Alive 	Guard trainer 	
Reid 	Unknown 	Samson pilot 	
Scott 	Alive 	Samson pilot 	
Titus McMahon 	Alive 	Quartermaster 	
Victor Rogers 	Alive 	Scout trainer 	
Vince Anderson	Alive 	Occupation unknown	
Will Murphy 	Alive 	Captain 	
Wolfe 	Alive 	Captain 	
Zeke Hodge 	Alive 	Gun instructor 	
===Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora===
Name 	Status 	Occupation 	Portrait
Angela Harding 	Deceased	Sec-Ops Colonel	
Daniela Neves-MacKay	(Formerly)
Deceased	Sniper 	
Billy Nash 	(Formerly)
Deceased	Soldier 	
===Comics===
Names 	Status 	Occupation 	Portrait
Wu Mingxia 	Alive 	Valkyrie pilot (formerly)	
Paz Socorro	Deceased	Scorpion pilot 	
===Other===
*James Ardmore (colonel)
*Seth (occupation unknown) (mentioned)
==Trivia== 
*Sec-Ops shares many similarities with Blackwater, a real-world private military company.
*Despite the branch's capabilities, Security Operations is not an actual military force, rather a mega private security company.
*Many of the Sec-Ops manner of conductivity and operations constitute major violations of various international conventions and treaties (Geneva Conventions, Hague Conventions, UNDRIP, CBD, etc)
==See also==
*Sec-Ops Infantry
==References==
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