What is Rainbow Six Siege? At its heart, Rainbow Six Siege is a high-precision, tactical shooter that prioritises careful planning, teamwork, and finely tuned tactical play. Since its release in 2015, the game has radically expanded, adding extra maps, new operators, weapons, and themed seasonal events. What does the game do? The game puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. Each player assumes control of an attacker or a defender in different gameplay modes such as rescuing a hostage, defusing a bomb, or taking control of an objective within a room. Although Siege doesn’t have a story mode, fans of the game LOVE the lore. The lore is featured within the Battle pass.

Now, let’s go over some of the main attackers: Thatcher, Hibana, Nomad, Thermite, Buck and Zofia.

Let’s dig deeper and figure out their skills, going by order.
Thatcher – In Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Thatcher’s ability is to use EMP grenades to disable electronic gadgets.

Hibana – Ability. X-KAIROS x 18. A Light Health Operator, Hibana’s unique gadget is the X-KAIROS Launcher, which can fire explosive pellets that can be remotely detonated simultaneously and can pierce reinforced walls. Hibana is equipped with the X-KAIROS, a projectile launcher that fires thermal breaching pellets.

Nomad – In Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Nomad’s ability is to launch repulsion grenades that stick to surfaces and detonate when enemies are nearby. These grenades are non-lethal but disorient enemies.

Thermite – In Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Thermite’s ability is the Exothermic Charge, which allows him to breach reinforced walls and hatches. Thermite is a medium health operator who is equipped with two Exothermic Charges.

Buck- Buck has the ability is to breach soft walls and floors with his under-barrel shotgun, the Skeleton Key. Buck is a soft-breaching attacker who can also use grenades to flush out enemies.

Zofia – Zofia’s unique ability is the KS79 Lifeline, which launches concussion grenades that impair hearing and cause dizziness.

The game is based on true events also.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is partly based on real-life hostage events: The Lufthansa Flight 181 Hijacking (1977), The Iranian Embassy Siege (1980), the Moscow theater hostage crisis (2002), and the Waco siege (1993).

What happened on the Lufthansa Flight 181 Hijacking in 1977?
Militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), working in concert with the RAF, hijacked the Lufthansa Landshut plane to secure the release of their imprisoned leaders and comrades, predominantly held in the West German supermax Stammheim Prison, as well as two Palestinians held in Turkey.

What happened in The Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980?
In 1980, six Iranian gunmen took 26 people hostage at the Iranian Embassy in London, England. The siege lasted six days and ended with a raid by the SAS.

What about the Moscow theater hostage crisis (2002)?
The Moscow theater hostage crisis occurred on October 23, 2002, when Chechen terrorists seized the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow. The terrorists held hundreds of people hostage and demanded an end to the war in Chechnya. The crisis ended when Russian security forces stormed the theater, killing all 40 terrorists.

What happened to/in the Waco siege (1993).
The Waco siege was a 1993 standoff between the Branch Davidians and the FBI that ended in a fire and the deaths of many Branch Davidians.