TRUDY CHACON
Trudy Chacon, portray by Michelle Rodrigues, was a SecOps pilot for the RDA. Her primary task was to piloted a Samson that she used for transportation and for battle was flying sorties for science teams. She lived in Pandora when she first appeared in the movie and had already been serving for the RDA two years when she met Jake Sulley. Shortly after she met Jake she was thrust into leadership role in the take down of the RDA.
Trudy met Jake Sully soon after he arrived at Hell's Gate in 2154. One day the two along with Norm Spellman and Dr. Grace Augustine went on an expedition deep into a Pandoran forest. Trudy stayed behind with Lyle Wainfleet to guard the Samson and, when Jake was missing, she helped search for him. They
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were forced to abandon the search for Jake's avatar as Colonel Quaritch had deemed night operations too dangerous. She joined Jake Sulley, Na’ve and the Omaticaya clan. Trudy also flew the trio to a temporary science station in the Hallelujah Mountains, known as Site 26, when Dr. Augustine wanted to continue her research away from Hell's Gate and military personnel. When the RDA attacked the Hometree, Trudy refused to join in the assault and broke out of combat formation to return to base just after the first salvo. She stated that "I didn't sign up for this shit!", which effectively switched her allegiance in the conflict. She was able to rescue Jake, Norm, and Grace from the cell they were being held in with the help of Dr. Max Patel. After they escaped from Hell's Gate, she airlifted their link container at Site 26 away from the RDA's reach and to a site near the Tree of Souls. Her words were, “Damn, and I was hoping for some sort of tactical plan that didn't involve martyrdom” after hearing the Na'vi's seemingly suicidal plan to attack the RDA with bows and arrows. When the RDA attacked the Tree of Souls Trudy assisted Jake and the Na'vi fight against the RDA. She flew her Samson, with Na'vi war paint and named "Rogue One", she engaged Colonel Quaritch's Dragon Gunship in order to distract him from his pursuit of Jake astride his toruk. Quaritch then turned the Dragon's formidable firepower on Trudy's Samson, and despite being able to inflict minor damage on the more powerful gunship, Trudy was easily outgunned. The Dragon knocked out one of the Samson's engines, sending it into an uncontrollable spin. Trudy tried frantically to disable the engine after being struck but didn't have much luck. The Dragon finished off the critically damaged Samson with a missile, killing Trudy in the explosion. Her last words where "Rogue One is hit. I'm going in. Sorry, Jake." Died on Pandora battling with the Navi against the RDA. Personality and traits as a pilot for the RDA, Trudy was supposed to be loyal to Colonel Quaritch, but she possessed a rebellious personality and eventually turned against him and the rest of the RDA. Trudy was a strong-minded woman who refused to let others push her around, instead following her own conscience (wikia.com). Trudy played a vital role in banishing the RDA from Pandora. She was very loyal to her friends Jake, Grace and Norm, she helped them escape jail, and later saved Jake Sulley from the Dragon Gunship during the final battle. Trudy also acted affectionately towards her Samson nicknaming it "Rogue One" and sometimes calling it her "baby" (wikia.com). Her initially strategies Problem solving skills, expertise, and tacit knowledge 75 strategy was to be a loyal pilot for the RDA.
Disillusioned, after refusing to fire on Hometree her statement was “damn, and I was hoping for some sort of tactical plan that didn't involve martyrdom." Her statement showed that she was a leader because she had the ability to know that they need some type of stategical plan if they wanted to help the Na’vi. After hearing the Na'vi's seemingly suicidal plan to attack the RDA with bows and arrows. While discussing how to fight against the RDA. Trudy was a skilled pilot and flew a Samson aircraft, which she affectionately called her "baby" or "Rogue One". She piloted her Samson during the attack on the Tree of Souls, managing to inflict some damage on Colonel Quaritch's powerful Dragon Assault Ship before being overwhelmed and shot …show more content…
down. One of the relationships Trudy had was first when she met Jake when she told him that Colonel Quaritch wanted to speak with him. She took a liking to him and was assigned to fly him, Grace and Norm into the forest. Later, she flew them to the Hallelujah mountains. Trudy was very loyal to Jake and freed him, Grace and Norm from imprisonment. During the final battle, Trudy died helping Jake escape Quaritch's gunship. Trudy and Norm seemed to have a mutual fondness for each other and often joked during their flights. Shortly before the final battle for the Tree of Souls, they both agreed that they were likely no match for Quaritch's forces though they stood by Jake and the Na'vi regardless. The bond and trust they soon formed, it didn’t take much persuading from sulley to get her to abandon her This showed her loyalty and belief in the vision of not only Jake Sulley but the Na’vi. Conform to society Lyle Wainfleet was a door gunner on Trudy's Samson and they appeared to have a comradely relationship. However, during the destruction of the Hometree, their relationship changed as Lyle was eager to join the assault but Trudy could not bring herself to fire upon the Omaticaya's home and returned to base. While she defected to the Na'vi's side, Wainfleet joined Quaritch's forces in the assault on the Tree of Souls. The friendships she made with these characters’ build understanding of the vision to protect the Na’vi and the land. Rational approach mutual influence and support worked as a group. Successful leader used to team-build skills working groups mover her up the performance curve. Not only could Trudy be a follower, as she was when she was with RDA, but a leader who made her own descions to side with the Na’vi. She believed in the vision of a better society. Leadership traits shows her leadership skills when she goes against order to help. Problem solving skills, expertise, and tacit knowledge. Situational approach was able to lead a small combat team. Leader-member relations interactions path-goal theory, supportive was unsure they could take over the RDA but believed enough in the cause to take the skills she had, participative, achievement oriented leadership. Established a supportive influence on those around her. Recognized the need for change. Ecological empower arose when the RDA wanted to take control over physical environment. The type of followship role she had was being a player. Initially she started off being follower but he role was reversed when and became a leader but she goes against RDAs orders to help Grace, Jake and Norm save Pandora. Leadership/followership relationship between Jake Sulley and Trudy as well as the RDA. As Sulley began to love the Na’vi his relationship Trudy trusted him enough to go against the RDA to save the Na’vi. Trudy was also very brave, fearlessly facing up against the larger and more powerful Dragon Gunship during the final battle to help Jake evade it, though her bravery cost her life. Her extraverted personality was a sign the innate leader in her. She showed her insubordinate side when she abandoned the RDA. Her behavior was passionate in her concern for the Na’vi and Pandora. She showed she was skilled and competence as well as a reliable friend. Also she was a leader because she was adaptive to the environment around her. The emotions of the Na’vi and Jake Sulley for the love of the land Trudy was motivated to fight to protect the land. She worked as an activist in Jake Sulley’s cause to help the Na’vi protect their land. She had strong feelings, highly energetic, and was engaging. At the end she became a diehard as she was willing to die to support the cause. Furthermore, she was in the heart of the battle between the RDA and the Na’vi. When Trudy was with the RDA she became an alienated follower.
She exuded exemplary followership skills. She was an independent thinker because when she followed her instinct to abandon the RDA. She used critical thinking in her decisions when determine if she was doing the right thing when she was working for the RDA in the takeover of the Na’vi’s land. Her followship was active and engaged, motivated by the vision the Na’vi had about love they had for their sacred land then decide to stand against the RDA.
The type of followship role she had was being a player. “The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change (Waren Bennis).”
Trudy brings the prisoners food, but pulls a gun on the guard and frees the three of them with the help of Max, a doctor in the Avatar program. This example shows that she had an innate leader in her because she motivated Max to conspire with her to free Jake, Dr. Augustine and Norm. As they are leaving, Jake tells Max to stay behind, as he needs someone he can trust on the inside. Trudy starts up her helicopter and is detected by Quaritch, who bursts out into the hanger and starts shooting. Her courageous acts to continue on fighting against the RDA.
She was an initiator when Jake Sulley and Dr. Augustine were caught, she teamed up with to get them
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was brave to slap the dictator. She was stronger than him, and she was incredible.
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