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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a media franchise created by American author Tom Clancy about a fictional international counter-terrorist unit called "Rainbow." The franchise began with Clancy's novel ''Rainbow Six'', which was adapted into a successful series of tactical first-person shooter video games. == == ''Rainbow Six'' describes Rainbow as an international counter-terrorism operation hosted by NATO and funded by money funneled through the U.S. Department of the Interior. The base of operations for Rainbow is located in Hereford, England (at the time, home to the SAS), due to the United Kingdom being one of the most accessible countries in the world and having one of the world's foremost special forces units. Most of the characters in Rainbow are American or British, though the NATO countries of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the NATO ally of Israel have at least 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 "blacker than 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 (O-4 or equivalent) as team leader and a senior NCO (E-9 or equivalent) as second in command. Not including the team leader, each team is made up of eleven men. Rainbow also has a standard-issue weapons kit. It consists of a Beretta 8045 Cougar semi-automatic pistol (referred to as a "Beretta .45 automatic") and a suppressed Heckler & Koch MP5/10 submachine gun (mislabeled as MP-10) for each soldier, with an M60 general purpose machine gun for each team's support gunner. Each team also has two snipers, each with a custom rifle of their own choosing. In ''Dead or Alive'', Rainbow uses the more conventional Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 submachine gun and Heckler & Koch MK23 semi-automatic pistol, with the Knight's Armanent Company M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System having replaced Remington M24 Sniper Weapon System. When not using the local police's camouflage they utilize a light blue and/or black pattern, leading to their nickname "Men of Black". In the video games, Rainbow is portrayed differently. John Clark is still the leader for most of the series, but he is supported by a set of other key staff and advisers who vary from game to game. As of ''Rogue Spear'', there are around 30 Rainbow operatives. This includes members from NATO countries and from non-NATO countries, along with six female operatives. For each mission, a maximum eight operatives can be deployed and can be split into a maximum of four teams. Weapons, uniforms, and equipment are less standardized, and are instead chosen to suit the operative and the mission, so it is more common to see assault rifles and large-caliber handguns. ===Members=== The following is a list of all the members of Rainbow: ;Director: * Simulated Major General John Terrence Clark a.k.a. Rainbow Six (CIA Special Activities Division, ex-MACV-SOG, Navy SEALs) ;Deputy Director: * Simulated Colonel Alistair Stanley a.k.a. Rainbow Five (ex-SAS) ;Executive Secretaries: * Mrs. Alice Fagate * Mrs. Helen Montgomery ;Team One: * Team Leader - Major Peter Covington (SAS) * Master Chief Miguel 'Mike' Chin (SEALs) * Sniper - Sergeant First Class Fred Franklin (Delta) * Sergeant Mortimer "Sam" Houston (Army Ranger) * Sergeant Geoff Bates (SAS) ;Team Two: * Team Leader - Simulated Major Domingo "Ding" Chavez (CIA Special Activities Division, ex-Army) * Company Sergeant Major Eddie Price (SAS) * First Sergeant Julio Vega (Delta, ex-Army Ranger) * Sniper - Sergeant First Class Homer Johnston (Delta, ex-Army Special Forces) * Sniper - Feldwebel Dieter Weber (GSG 9) * Staff Sergeant George Tomlinson (Delta, ex-Green Beret) * Staff Sergeant Steve Lincoln (SAS) * Sergeant Paddy Connolly (SAS) * Sergeant Scott McTyler (SAS) * Sergeant Louis Loiselle (DGSE Action Division) * Sergeant Mike Pierce (Delta) * Sniper - Sergeant Hank Patterson (Delta) ;Team Two Secretary: * Katherine Moony ;Intelligence: * Doctor Paul Bellow (Independent Negotiator and Psychologist) * Bill Tawney (ex-MI6) ;Communications: * Major Sam Bennett (Air Force) ;Technical Staff: * David Peled (Mossad) * Tim Noonan (FBI; former HRT tech support) ;MH-60K Night Hawk Aircrew: * Lieutenant Colonel Daniel "Bear" Malloy (Marine Corps) * Lieutenant Harrison (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) * Sergeant Jack Nance (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) ;Weapons Trainer: * Sergeant Major Dave Woods (British Army) In ''The Bear and the Dragon'', Rainbow makes a return. While their part in the novel at first seems small, they become more involved as the novel progresses. 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 left the team, some later returned, and then a few left again, with new members always being added. Ettore Falcone from the Italian Carabinieri was added to Team Two (still under Ding'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 of the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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