The novel
A novel, Rainbow Six, was written by Tom Clancy & published inside 1998. These are a share of the Jack Ryan series, however, a novel actually focuses in John Clark, Ding Chavez, and the made-up multi-national counter-terrorist squad known as "Rainbow".

Computer and video games
A number one game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment while the novel was existence written. the game late spawned a total of sequels & expansions. Red Storm was late acquired by Ubisoft, who presently develops & publishes a games.

Rainbow Six & its sequels defined a tactical shooter genre, forcing players to focus more period & effort in stealing, teamwork, & maneuver like than in sheer firepower. By using the bit of of a extra recent releases; all the same, the game has taken in thomas more of a 'mainstream' number one-individual shooter approach as an attempt to appeal to the wider audience by running out of that gage's tactical planning aspect that orginally mass produced it popular.

PC games
'''''Rainbow Six''' — (1998) Rainbow Six: Eagle View 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) could have-alone expansion pack '''Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield''' — (2003) Rainbow Six Three: Athena Sword — (2004) expansion pack Rainbow Six Three: Iron Wrath — (2005) downloadable expansion pack '''Rainbow Six: Lockdown''' — (2005)

Console games
Rainbow Six — (N64, PlayStation 1999), (Dreamcast 2000) Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear — (Dreamcast 2000), (PlayStation 2001) Rainbow Six 3 — (Xbox 2003), (PlayStation 2, GameCube 2004) Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow — (Xbox 2004) Rainbow Six: Lockdown — (PS2, Xbox 2005)

Handheld
Rainbow Six — (Game Boy Color 2000) Rainbow Six: Scalawag Spear — (Game Boy Advance 2002)

The movie
The film adaptation of the novel & computer game has been in the works for quite occasionally instance. At one point around 2004 John Woo had signed on to direct the film, but within 2005 experienced dropped out and had been replaced by Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead'') who is also writing the screenplay. Last writers connected to the film include John Enbom, Frank Capello, Michael Shiffer, Bill Wisher, and Art Monterastelli. A film is tentatively placed to exist as freed inside 2007.

Team Rainbow
Team "Rainbow" is an international counter-terrorism operation operated per NATO. A base of operations for "Rainbow" is located in Hereford due to England being geographically one of a virtually all accessible countries in the globe. Virtually all of the employees of "Rainbow" come Western or even British however a NATO countries of France & Germany, Israel, & late Italy, own 1 representative for each one.

A structure of Rainbow is mass produced higher of a single Commanding Officer world health organization oversees a entire operation & 1 Executive Officer world health organization is 2nd around command. Because "Rainbow" is the "blackest of black" operations, it works bump off of its super have intelligence agency, which medical intern has intelligence contacts a lot on top the world. While "Rainbow" is required for facilitate from either an additional country’s government to treat sustaining the terrorist situation, commjust only one of them teams is sent, however inside occasionally situations, each is sent. Each teams st& a single team leader & a single senior officer that come number one around command and 2nd inside command, severally. Non including a team leader, from each one team is mass produced higher of eleven men.

A resulting occurs as listings of all the staffer & their positions around "Rainbow" mentioned in the novel "Rainbow Six."

;Commanding Officer: Brigadier General John Terrence Clark the.k.the. Rainbow Six (United states; ex-SEAL, CIA)

;Executive Officer: Colonel Alistair Stanley the.k.the. Rainbow 5 (UK; ex-SAS)

;Executive Secretaries: Mrs. Alice Foorgate (UK) Mrs. Helen Montgomery (UK)

;Team 2: Team Leader Santiago Arnavisca (Spain; UEI) Major Domingo Chavez (America; CIA) Sergeant Major Eddie Price (UK; ex-SAS) Foremost Sergeant Julio Vega (United states; Delta) Feldwebel Dieter Weber (Germany; GSG-9) Sergeant Louis Loiselle (France; DGSE) Sergeant 1st Class Homer Johnston (America; Delta) Staff Sergeant George Tomlinson (United states; Delta) Sergeant Hank Patterson (America; Delta) Sergeant Microphone President pierce (America; Delta) Major Paddy Connally (UK; SAS) Staff Sergeant Steve Lincoln (UK; SAS) Major Scott McTyler (UK; SAS)

;Team Both Secretary: Katherine Moony

;Team A single: Major Peter Covington (UK; SAS) Master Principal Mike Chin (United states; SEALS) Sergeant Number one Class Fred Franklin (America; Army)

;Intelligence: Doctor Paul Bellow (America; FBI) Bill Tawney (UK; ex-MI6)

;Technical indicator Staff: David Peled (Israel; Mossad) Tim Noonan (America; FBI)

;MH-60K Nighttime Hawk Pilot: Lieutenant Colonel Dan Malloy (America; Army)

;Weapons Trainer: Dave Woods