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Rainbow Six is a novel and a successful computer and video game series created by author Tom Clancy. It is also a future film tentatively set for release in 2007.

The novel

Main article: Rainbow Six (book)

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 multi-national counter-terrorist squad named "Rainbow".

Computer and video games

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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 expansions. 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 as an attempt to appeal to a wider audience by going away from that game's tactical planning aspect that orginally made it popular.

PC games

  • Rainbow Six — (1998)
    • Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch expansion — (1999)
  • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear — (1999)
    • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Operations — (2000) expansion pack
    • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn — (2001) expansion pack
  • Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials — (2000) stand-alone expansion pack
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield — (2003)
    • Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword — (2004) expansion pack
    • Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath — (2005) downloadable expansion pack
  • Rainbow Six: Lockdown — (2005)

Console games

Handheld

The movie

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 At one point in 2004 John Woo had signed on to direct the film, but in 2005 had dropped out and had been replaced by Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) who is also writing the screenplay.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 2007.

Team Rainbow

Team "Rainbow" is an international counter-terrorism operation operated by the NATO. The base of operations for "Rainbow" is located in Hereford due to England being geographically one of the most accessible countries in the world. Most of the employees of "Rainbow" are American or British but the NATO countries of France and Germany, Israel, and later Italy, have one representative each.

The structure of Rainbow is made up of one Commanding Officer who oversees the entire operation and one Executive Officer who is second in command. Because "Rainbow" is the "blackest of black" operations, it works off of its very own intelligence service, which in turn has intelligence contacts all over the world. 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 one team leader and one senior officer that are first in command and second in command, respectively. Not including the team leader, each team is made up of eleven men.

The following is a list of all the staff members and their positions in "Rainbow" mentioned in the novel "Rainbow Six." Note: Team-One is significantly reduced in manpower by a terrorist ambush late in the book.

Commanding Officer
  • Simulated Brigadier General John Terrence Clark a.k.a. Rainbow Six (USA; ex-SEAL, CIA)
Executive Officer
  • Colonel Alistair Stanley a.k.a. Rainbow Five (UK; ex-SAS)
Executive Secretaries
  • Mrs. Alice Foorgate (UK)
  • Mrs. Helen Montgomery (UK)
Team Two
  • Team Leader Simulated Major Domingo Chavez (USA; CIA)
  • Sergeant Major Eddie Price (UK; ex-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)
  • Major Paddy Connally (UK; SAS)
  • Staff Sergeant Steve Lincoln (UK; SAS)
  • Major Scott McTyler (UK; SAS)
Team Two Secretary
  • Katherine Moony
Team One
  • Team Leader Major Peter Covington (UK; SAS)
  • Master Chief Mike Chin (USA; SEALS)
  • Sergeant First Class Fred Franklin (USA; Army)
  • Sam Houston
Intelligence
  • Doctor Paul Bellow (USA; FBI)
  • Bill Tawney (UK; ex-MI6)
Technical Staff
  • David Peled (Israel; Mossad)
  • Tim Noonan (USA; FBI)
MH-60K Night Hawk Pilot
  • Lieutenant Colonel Dan Malloy (USA; Marines)
Weapons Trainer
  • Dave Woods
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