Resistance (V) - The Courtneys

The Courtneys

Dave Courtney was a farmer that lived near Tucson in a small country community on a ranch with his wife Kathy and daughter Jessie. When the Second Invasion began one year after Liberation Day, Dave stood up for what he believed in; freedom. After teaching his daughter how to shoot, giving her his rifle and making her promise to look after her mother, he rallied his neighbors and fought the Visitors when they came to the community. The fighting was fierce, but the new Resistance lived on, until Sheriff John Roland sold out the town by cutting a deal with the Visitors; Roland would continuously send tribute to the Visitors, in exchange Roland would be allowed to rule the community as he saw fit and have sole access to weapons. Roland then sent out Visitor patrols to confiscate all the weapons and kill all possible Resistance agents. Dave was killed in the last days of the fighting. Dave's death "took the fight out of everybody" in the county, and allowed Roland to dominate the land until Resistance leader Mike Donovan liberated them from Roland's rule.

Jessie Courtney is the daughter of Dave and Kathy Courtney and a farmer who lived in a farming community near Tucson. During the Second Invasion, she and her mother joined the Resistance after Dave was killed by the Visitors when they came to the community and helped Sheriff Roland take over the local area. Inspired by the legendary Mike Donovan, she helped turn back a Visitor attack squad led by Lieutenant James and single-handedly disabled a Visitor Shuttle's weapons with her rifle (a move her father taught her). When Mike left, she made him promise to come back when the war ended, as she came to see him as the father-figure she needed. She now works with her mother and Joe to unite their fellow ranchers and prepare for the Visitor's eventual return to their region.

Kathy Courtney is a farmer with a husband named Dave and daughter named Jessie who lived in a farming community near Tucson. During the Second Invasion, she and Jessie joined the Resistance after Dave was killed by the Visitors when they came to the community and helped Sheriff Roland take over the local area. Inspired by the legendary Mike Donovan, she led her Resistance group to victory over a Visitor attack squad commanded by Lieutenant James. When Mike left, she made him promise to come back when the war ended, as she began to have romantic feelings for him (which he reciprocated). She, Jessie and Joe are currently working to unite their fellow and prepare for the Visitor's eventual return to their region.