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Okay, seal genetic matching room.

Hi.

And welcome to the Avatar program.

Soon you're gonna have a chance to undertake an amazing na'vi rite of passage.

Riding on the back of a banshee by being genetically matched and linked to an avatar using avatars to fly this way was all figured out by my boss, Dr Jackie Ogden.

She leaves her science team, which is part of the Pandora Conservation Initiative, And we're here in the Valley of Maura studying banshees and their environment.

Over generation ago, this enormous company called the R D A.

Created a lot of damage to the area through their bad mining practices and conflicts with the Na'vi.

Just like on Earth, that can take decades for ecosystems to recover.

One way to understand what's going on with an ecosystem is to study what are called keystone species.

These are animals like tigers, Jaguar seals.

The banshee is one of these important animals.

Dr.

Ogden is the foremost expert on studying the Ekron and has spent years researching them.

Unfortunately, and she's lived high rookeries and humans can't get anywhere near them without becoming their lunch.

But the Na'vi and avatars can, in fact, the Na'vi have been writing on the backs of banshees since the earliest history.

Thanks to science, avatars can write on banshees too.

That's why you're linking to an avatar.

It was Dr Ogden who restarted the Avatar program.

It's because of her that you're able to go through this rite of passage today.

Pandora is a breathtaking natural world.

I cannot wait for you guys to see it for yourself, Okay?

To get you flying on a banshee, we need to find each of you in Avatar, but so prepped a genetic sampling on it.

Okay, Um, first, we need to find a compatible match off your genetic material with the genetic material of one of the avatar bodies that we already have.

Once we do that, you'll be able to link to the Avatar and, uh, fly, help us out and move around.

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Now let's find you your avatar mansions.

Hey.

All right, You've all been matched with avatars.

Uh, looks like they're ready for you in the next room.

When the door opens.

Please go inside away it and stand over the same number that you're standing over now and, uh, and I'll see you in there.

Great.

You've all made it.

It's important that you can all see me, so move a little.

If you can't before we send you to the lake chamber, Let's watch this piece by Dr Ogden, who runs the program.

Welcome, everyone.

I'm Dr Jackie Ogden from the Pandora Conservation Initiative.

You're about to experience a ceremony that's very special to the Na'vi flying on the back of a Krahn auras.

We call it a banshee to the Na'vi.

Connecting to an Ekron and flying on its back is an incredibly important rite of passage they call Weakening Maya with permission from the Na'vi and in partnership with Alfa Centauri expeditions, we can now bring this amazing experience to you.

The way you will be able to fly is by linking to an avatar that's already on the back of any Krahn.

Let's see how this works way.

Establish a link using powerful psionic amplification equipment.

A human driver is connected to an avatar, which could be physically hundreds of kilometers away.

When you follow our technician into the link chamber, you'll see a series of 16 link chairs.

Please go to the number that matches the number of your standing on now.

First stole your gear in the storage containers on the back wall.

This includes all bags, cameras and other items, including cell phones.

It's important to push them all the way into the bed.

Then get onto the chair the same way you might get onto a bike, put one leg over and straddled the seat.

Step all the way forward and then sit down.

Wait until you're seated.

Before you put on your flight visors.

Hold onto the hand grips.

I shone and slide forward against the chest pad.

It's important to hold onto the hand grips at all times after you're seated.

Back and leg restraints will be firmly engaged for your safety.

Throughout this entire experience.

Always remain seated and supervise your Children.

Once the leg takes place, you will be connected to your avatar and sitting on the back of any crowd.

It'll feel like you're really there.

Moments later, you'll begin your flight.

Not be guy will lead you out.

No experience the breathtaking beauty of Pandora, but you might also face some of its greatest challenges.

Some of this flight might be intense, but trust your guide and be brave.

As the Na'vi say during this important rite of passage, Seebach hope rise to the challenge.

Good luck.

All right, You ready?

Let's get you into link chamber, then your flight.

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