RDA (Avatar)
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The Resources Development Administration or RDA (abbrev.) is a fictional paramilitary organization. It was created in James Cameron's Avatar. It is depicted as an exploitative, power hungry and heavily militarized corporation whose main aim is to mine Unobtanium from Pandora.
| Type | Military-Mining Corporation |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Colonization of Pandora |
| Headquarters | Earth |
| Location | |
| Services | Military Takeover |
Key people | Parker Selfridge,Miles Quaritch |
Fictional Analysis
The Resources Development Administration, or RDA, is the largest single non-governmental organization in human space. Its power is such that it outmatches most of Earth governments in wealth, political influence, and military capability. The RDA has monopoly rights to all products shipped, derived, or developed from Pandora and any other off-Earth location. These rights were granted to the RDA in perpetuity by the Interplanetary Commerce Administration (ICA), with the stipulation that they abide by a treaty that prohibits weapons of mass destruction and limits military power in space.
Depicted origin
The RDA is the oldest and largest of the quasi-governmental administrative entities (QGAEs), but its origins are far more modest. The entity that would become the RDA was little more than a Silicon Valley startup in the early 21st century, when its founders borrowed money from friends and family to begin the company. After a few decades, the company had the capital and stature to propose the construction of a world-spanning rapid transit system that would allow entire population groups to conveniently commute thousands of miles to perform work where it was needed, without infringing on the cultural values of host populations. The success of the venture led to the current global network of maglev trains that required the superconductor material known as unobtanium for their continued operation.
History and arrival at Pandora
The company's early expeditions to Pandora were seen as a colossal risk; the construction of the ISV Venture Star in the late 21st century alone put enormous strain on capital resources. But with exclusive mining rights to Unobtanium (which is valued at 20 million dollars per kilogram raw and 40 million dollars processed), and potential profits from countervirals, biofuels, and cosmetics, the enormous capital investment has paid off.
Unfortunately, the RDA's environmentally harmful mining operations on Pandora and the RDA SecOps' assault on the Omaticaya Hometree had led into a war between the RDA and the native Na'vi that ended with the RDA being driven off Pandora.
RDA military vehicles
RDA's main assaul vehicles include-
- Aerospatiale SA-2 Samson
- Scorpion Gunship
- Dragon Assault Ship
- Valkyrie
- Infantry AMP suit
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