Miles Quaritch

Before Pandora and the first days on it

Before serving on Pandora, Quaritch had seen a lot of combat on Earth: he said he served in First Recon a few years before Jake, and went through "three battles in Nigeria and not a scratch." But everything changed on Pandora: on his first day, he encountered a viperwolf and received three deep scars that slashed the right side of his head. Quaritch managed to survive the predator's attack, and the scars to some extent became for him proof of all the dangers that awaited newcomers on this dangerous moon. Upon returning to Earth, the colonel planned to correct his face with the help of plastic surgery, but he did not intend to leave the service anytime soon and after some time, for his numerous merits, he was promoted to the commander of the Security Service. Colonel Quaritch had been the Chief of Security on Pandora for at least two years[2] and was responsible for the security of Hell's Gate and its personnel. He was the one who conducted mandatory security briefings for all new personnel, including both military and civilian personnel.

The Battle for the Tree of Souls and Death

Upon learning that Na'vi forces were gathering at the Tree, Quaritch urgently gathered the entire base, including civilians, and declared martial law, removing Parker Selfridge[9] from his post, who objected to the formation of a militia from the miners. Deciding to use explosives to destroy the Tree, Quaritch used one of the Valkyrie shuttles as a giant bomber. The next day, Quaritch personally led the battle squadron and commanded the entire operation to destroy the Tree of Souls from the Dragon. When the Na'vi suddenly attacked them both on the ground and in the air, the colonel ordered return fire. However, the RDA squadron was confidently winning the battle in terms of weapons, so the colonel ordered the shuttle to move straight to the Tree... when suddenly wild animals entered the fray, and the tide of battle was once again turned and the ship crashed as a result of the explosion, but Quaritch managed to get out in his personal UMP, after which he continued the operation already in a combat suit. Wandering through the forest, the colonel accidentally stumbled upon a mobile unit in which Jake's human body was located, and was already preparing to destroy it, when suddenly he was attacked by a thanator saddled by Neytiri. In a fight with a huge predator, Quaritch lost his gun, but with the help of a knife he was able to finish off the beast, and was already preparing to deal with its rider in the same way, when Jake reached the scene of the battle. Using the bayonet from the broken UMP cannon, Jake fended off Quaritch's attacks for a while, and eventually even managed to jump on top of the UMP's cockpit; Quaritch pulled out the bayonet and threw it into the mobile unit, damaging the window, while he himself, unfastening the cockpit, donned the exosuit. During the battle against Jake, he dies from two arrows from Neytiri in the chest.

Rebirth in a new body

The first time the Recom Quaritch came to his senses was on board: although he had no memory of the events that had happened after the memory copying and initially behaved extremely aggressively, he retained the character of the original Quaritch and became the commander of the First Recom Squad; Lyle Wainfleet, who also received a blue body, became his deputy. In a video message to himself, while still human, he told himself that Jake Sully was an enemy and that he must first and foremost protect his daughter, and even showed her on the recording, although Selfridge did not approve of this. One year after the invasion, Quaritch addresses the other Recoms aboard the ship: their training is complete, and they are now about to land on Pandora. Aboard the shuttle, the squad arrives at Staging City, where Quaritch meets with General Frances Ardmore, now head of Security. She gives him a tour of the new base and informs him of the problems caused by Jake Sully's activities: Quaritch's squad's first task is to deal with Jake, and he happily agrees to settle scores with his old foe.