A futuristic pentagonal base with runways in a lush alien rainforest, surrounded by floating mountains and flying vehicles.

Hell's Gate is the colloquial term for the facility formally known as "Resources Development Administration Extra-Solar Colony 01 (RDA ESC 01)". It is located near a great rainforest known to the Na'vi as Na'ring. There is a river west of it known as the Muku River. The facility served as the RDA's first base of operations until it was taken over by the Omatikaya Clan and other human sympathizers at the end of the First Pandoran War. In 2154, Hell's Gate was the main center for all human colonial activities on Pandora. It was in a constant state of siege from both the toxic environment and dangerous animals. The area is surrounded by a large pentagonal security fence that is miles long which encloses a complex. Slightly more than a third of the site is taken up by the shuttle runway, VTOL pads, hangars, equipment storage areas, and garage structures. A similar area is occupied by the armor bay, vehicle storage sheds, and a light industrial plant mainly used for fabricating parts for mining equipment and ammunition for base defense. The refinery complex takes up the western side of the facility. The remainder of Hell's Gate is composed of administrative structures such as: a barracks for SecOps staff, studio-style apartments for technicians and mine workers, an airtight condominium for senior staff, as well as Sci Mod that is part of the utilitdor-connected Hab Mod and Ops Center structures. Recreational facilities such as the base commissary (popularly known as Hell's See more