At this point, the Na'vi sustained heavy casualties, including Tsu'tey (who attempted a direct assault on the Valkyrie shuttle), Trudy (after fighting the Dragon Assault Ship) and Seze, Neytiri's banshee. Even though Trudy managed to cause some damage to the enemy in her own Samson (suitably decorated with Na'vi war paint), she was quickly shot down and killed by Quaritch's Dragon gunship. ![]() Meanwhile on the ground, a large group of Direhorse-mounted Na'vi approached the advancing infantry head on with less effect.Īlthough the Na'vi had taken advantage of the element of surprise and managed to destroy several enemy units, Quaritch eventually ordered the RDA to break formation and the battle soon turned to favor the humans and their superior technology. At this point, the primary strategy of the Na'vi was to fire arrows directly into the cockpits of the enemy aircraft, making use of their banshees' speed and close range to overcome the reinforced glass. Jake Sully accounted for the first RDA casualties when his Toruk grabbed onto a Scorpion gunship and sent it out of control into a nearby cliff face. As the shuttle approached the stone arches marking the entrance to the Tree of Souls, several hundred banshee mounted warriors descended onto the formation. A contingent of AMP suits and standard infantry started noticing readings of movement up ahead, although the air force had yet to notice the enemy. The RDA proceeded completely unopposed through the Hallelujah Mountains and into Pandora's infamous Flux Vortex, mangling the RDA's electronic detection equipment. Inspired by this feat, the Na'vi once again trusted Jake and followed him "to the four winds" to unite all the Na'vi tribes against the RDA.Īware of the Na'vi's rapid increase in numbers, Quaritch decided to execute a preemptive strike against the Na'vi holy site at the Tree of Souls to "blast a crater in their racial memory so deep that they won't come within a thousand klicks of this place (Hell's Gate) ever again." The RDA outfitted the Valkyrie shuttle with palettes full of high explosives and set out with every aircraft in their arsenal while Jake prayed to Eywa for a favorable outcome in the battle ahead. ![]() Using the uplink, Jake returned to his avatar and successfully completed tsaheylu with the infamous toruk (becoming the sixth Toruk Makto). The crew were able to steal the avatar uplink from the Hallelujah Mountains and regroup with the Omatikaya. Augustine was fatally shot by Quaritch (she would later die while a revival was attempted by the Omatikaya), further fueling the animosity between the two factions. Max Patel) organized an undercover escape using an unguarded Samson transport. They escaped when disillusioned Marine pilot Trudy Chacón (with help from Dr. ![]() A detachment of Scorpion Gunships led by Quaritch (using the Dragon Assault Ship as his flagship) attacked and destroyed Hometree using a combination of CS gas, incendiary grenades, and Hellfire missiles which caused it to collapse, killing a large number of Na'vi, including the clan leader, Eytukan.Īfter the events at Hometree, Jake Sully, along with scientists Norm Spellman and Grace Augustine, were incarcerated at the RDA headquarters at Hell's Gate. In reality, however, Parker Selfridge, the head administrator of the operation and Colonel Quaritch had planned to provoke a response from the Omatikaya by destroying the Tree of Voices, one of their sacred places, to justify the planned destruction of the Hometree. Under the pretense of convincing the Omatikaya clan to move peacefully, allowing the humans to excavate the valuable unobtanium from beneath Hometree, the RDA used avatar driver Jake Sully as an ambassador. ![]() It was the RDA's eventual attack on the Omatikaya clan's Hometree which brought their relations to a flash point. 2152 saw the SecOps' attack on the Old School House, a severe blow to interspecial relations. Sporadic conflicts between human miners and the Na'vi natives presumably began almost immediately after the former's arrival on Pandora.
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