Resources Development Administration

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corporate-government entity fictional organization megacorporation

The Resources Development Administration is a powerful fictional corporate-government organization in the "Avatar" universe responsible for exploiting extraterrestrial resources like Pandora’s unobtanium.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
RDA (Resources Development Administration) 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf corporate-government entity ⓘ
fictional organization ⓘ
megacorporation ⓘ
antagonisticTo Jake Sully NERFINISHED ⓘ
Na'vi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neytiri NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Battle of the Tree of Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ
Destruction of Hometree NERFINISHED ⓘ
controls private military forces ⓘ
creator James Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicInterest interstellar resource extraction ⓘ
unobtanium mining ⓘ
employs Avatar drivers ⓘ
administrators ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
mercenaries ⓘ
pilots ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Avatar (2009 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avatar franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avatar: The Way of Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceForm corporate-government hybrid ⓘ
hasCharacteristic bureaucratic ⓘ
colonialist ⓘ
environmentally destructive ⓘ
militarized ⓘ
profit-driven ⓘ
headquartersLocation Earth (implied) NERFINISHED ⓘ
homePlanetOfOrganization Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy real-world multinational corporations ⓘ
legalStatus chartered by Earth government ⓘ
notableEmployee Colonel Miles Quaritch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jake Sully NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norm Spellman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parker Selfridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trudy Chacón NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesOn Pandora NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalBase Hell's Gate (Pandora) NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy disregard for environmental impact ⓘ
prioritization of profit over indigenous rights ⓘ
portrayedAs primary antagonist organization in Avatar ⓘ
primaryObjective extraction of unobtanium ⓘ
role extraterrestrial resources exploitation ⓘ
timePeriod mid-22nd century ⓘ
usesTechnology AMP suits ⓘ
Avatar Program NERFINISHED ⓘ
VTOL gunships ⓘ
interstellar spacecraft ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Alpha Centauri Expeditions (ACE) → associatedWith → Resources Development Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Alpha Centauri Expeditions
Na'vi → conflictWith → Resources Development Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: RDA (Resources Development Administration)
General Frances Ardmore → countryOfFictionalAffiliation → Resources Development Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: RDA (Resources Development Administration)
Parker Selfridge in Avatar → employer → Resources Development Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Parker Selfridge
Pandora (fictional moon) → governingEntityInFiction → Resources Development Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: RDA (Resources Development Administration)
Pandora → visitedBy → Resources Development Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: RDA (Resources Development Administration)