Rainbow Six

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For the novel, see Rainbow Six (novel). For the first computer game, see Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.

Rainbow Six is fictional character John Clark's position as director of the counter-terrorist unit Rainbow that debuted in the 1998 novel Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. The book was adapted into a successful series of tactical first-person shooter computer and video games, and is a planned future film tentatively set for release in 2007.

Tom Clancy also features Rainbow in his 2000 novel The Bear and the Dragon.

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[edit] Team Rainbow

The novel Rainbow Six describes Rainbow as an international counter-terrorism operation hosted by NATO.

The base of operations for Rainbow is said to be located in Hereford (home to SAS), due to the United Kingdom being one of the most accessible countries in the world and also due to the press constraints that would not be possible to impose in the United States. Most of the characters in Rainbow are American or British, however, the NATO countries of Canada, France, Germany and Italy, plus Israel have one representative each.

Clancy describes the structure of Rainbow as having one Director, who oversees the entire operation, and one Deputy Director, who is second in command. Rainbow is portrayed as the "blackest of black" operations, and it works off of its very own intelligence service which has intelligence contacts all over the world. In the book, when Rainbow is called upon for help from another country's government to deal with a terrorist situation, usually only one of the two teams will be sent, but in some situations both will be sent. Both teams have an officer as team leader and a senior NCO that is second in command. Not including the team leader, each team is made up of eleven men.

[edit] Members

The following is a list of all the characters in Rainbow that are mentioned in Rainbow Six.

Director
  • Simulated Major General John Terrence Clark a.k.a. Rainbow Six (USA; ex-SEAL, CIA)
Deputy Director
  • Colonel Alistair Stanley a.k.a. Rainbow Five (UK; ex-SAS)
Executive Secretaries
  • Mrs. Alice Foorgate (UK)
  • Mrs. Helen Montgomery (UK)
Team One
  • Team Leader - Major Peter Covington (UK; SAS)
  • Master Chief Mike Chin (USA; SEALS)
  • Sergeant First Class Fred Franklin (USA; U.S. Army)
  • Mortimer "Sam" Houston (USA; U.S. Army)
Team Two
  • Team Leader - Simulated Major Domingo "Ding" Chavez (USA; ex-U.S. Army Rangers, CIA)
  • Sergeant Major Eddie Price (UK; ex-SAS)
  • Paddy Connally (UK; SAS)
  • Scott McTyler (UK; SAS)
  • First Sergeant Julio Vega (USA; Delta)
  • Feldwebel Dieter Weber (Germany; GSG 9)
  • Sergeant Louis Loiselle (France; DGSE)
  • Sergeant First Class Homer Johnston (USA; Delta)
  • Staff Sergeant George Tomlinson (USA; Delta)
  • Sergeant Hank Patterson (USA; Delta)
  • Sergeant Mike Pierce (USA; Delta)
  • Staff Sergeant Steve Lincoln (UK; SAS)
Team Two Secretary
  • Katherine Moony
Intelligence
  • Doctor Paul Bellow (USA; FBI)
  • Bill Tawney (UK; ex-MI6)
Communications
Technical Staff
  • David Peled (Israel; Mossad)
  • Tim Noonan (USA; FBI)
MH-60K Night Hawk Pilot
  • Lieutenant Colonel Dan "Bear" Malloy (USA; Marines)
  • Lieutenant Mortimer "Sam" Harrison (USA; U.S. Air Force)
  • Sergeant Jack Nance (UK; Royal Air Force)
Weapons Trainer
  • Colour Sergeant Dave Woods

In The Bear and the Dragon, Rainbow makes a return. While their part in novel begins rather small, they become more involved as the novel pregresses.

It is noted that since the events of Rainbow Six, the public has become more aware of the existence of Rainbow, and are often referred to as the "Men of Black", in regards to their uniforms.

It is also said that the teams' roster is constantly changing. Many of the original members of Rainbow have left the team, some later returned, and then some even left again, and new members are always added. Ettore Falcone from the Italian Carabinieri was added to Team One (still under Covington's command) just before the events of The Bear and the Dragon. Lieutenant Colonel Malloy has been promoted to full Colonel and appointed to command Marine One, piloting the President.

[edit] The novel

Main article: Rainbow Six (novel)

The novel, Rainbow Six, was written by Tom Clancy and published in 1998. It is part of the Jack Ryan series; however, the novel actually focuses on John Clark, Ding Chavez, and a fictional multinational counter-terrorist organization named Rainbow.

[edit] Computer and video games

The first game in the series defined the tactical shooter genre.
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The first game in the series defined the tactical shooter genre.

The first game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment, while the novel was being written. The game later spawned a number of sequels and expansion packs. Red Storm was later acquired by Ubisoft, who currently develops and publishes the games.

Rainbow Six and its sequels defined the tactical shooter genre, forcing players to focus more time and effort on stealth, teamwork, and tactics rather than on sheer firepower. With some of the more recent releases, however, the game has taken on more of a "mainstream" first-person shooter approach in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience by moving away from the tactical planning aspect that made the game popular in the first place.

[edit] PC games


A Korean-only game called Rainbow Six: Takedown was created for the South Korean market. The game boasted South Korean RAINBOW operatives and weapons with different scenarios.

[edit] Console games

[edit] Handheld

[edit] The film

A film adaptation of the novel and video game has been in the works for quite some time. At one point in 2004, John Woo had signed on to direct the film, but in 2005 had dropped out and had been replaced by Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) who is also writing the screenplay. Previous writers attached to the film include John Enbom, Frank Capello, Michael Shiffer, Bill Wisher, and Art Monterastelli. The film is tentatively set to be released in 2008.

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