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Rainbow Six (other)
Rainbow Six may refer to: * ''Rainbow Six'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Tom Clancy ** John Clark, the eponymously code-named commander featured in the Tom Clancy Novel. *''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'', a video game franchise published by Ubisoft ** ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' (video game), a tactical shooter video game *"Rainbow Six", a song from JPEGMafia's album ''Veteran A veteran () is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in a military. A military veteran that has ...
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Rainbow Six (novel)
''Rainbow Six'' is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 3, 1998. It is the second book to primarily focus on John Clark (Tom Clancy character), John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the ''Ryanverse'', after ''Without Remorse'' (1993); it also features his son-in-law Domingo "Ding" Chavez. ''Rainbow Six'' follows Rainbow, a secret international Counterterrorism, counterterrorist organization headed by Clark (whose codename is "Rainbow Six"), and the complex apocalyptic conspiracy they unravel after handling multiple seemingly random terrorist attacks. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, the ''New York Times'' bestseller list, and has since been adapted into Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, a series of video games. Plot Central Intelligence Agency, CIA operative John Clark (Ryanverse character), John Clark forms a secret international Counterterrorism, counterterrorist organization known as Rainbow. Based in Here ...
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Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Originally an insurance agent, his literary career began in 1984 when he sold his first military thriller novel ''The Hunt for Red October'' for $5,000 published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland. His works ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1984), ''Patriot Games'' (1987), ''Clear and ...
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John Clark (Ryanverse Character)
John T. Clark (real name John Terence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. Clark is Clancy’s second most famous character after Jack Ryan. He has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (1988), his origin story was detailed in ''Without Remorse'' (1993). Clark has been described by his creator as "Ryan’s dark side" and "more inclined to take physical action than Jack is." A former Navy SEAL, he became an operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, and at one point served as Ryan's driver and bodyguard. During Ryan's first term as President of the United States, Clark served as director of a multinational counterterrorism unit codenamed Rainbow, which is composed of elite soldiers from countries which are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). After retiring from CIA and Rainbow, Clark then worked for The Campus, an off-the-books intelligence organization created ...
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' (often shortened to ''Rainbow Six'') is a tactical first-person shooter video game franchise by Ubisoft, based on the novel ''Rainbow Six'' by American author Tom Clancy. Critically and commercially successful, the games in the franchise revolve around a fictional international anti-terrorist unit called the ''Rainbow''. Video games The first game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment, while the novel was being written. Red Storm was later acquired by Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', '' .... List of games References External linksUbisoft Website {{Tom Clancy franchises Ubisoft franchises Video game franchises Tom Clancy games G. P. Putnam's Sons books ...
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video Game)
''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' is a tactical shooter video game and the first entry in the ''Rainbow Six'' series. It was developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment in 1998 for Microsoft Windows. It was ported to Mac OS, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast. Based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name, the game follows Rainbow, an international counterterrorist organization, and the conspiracy they unravel following a seemingly random spike in terrorism. In single-player, the player advances through a series of scenarios by playing missions in a campaign. Every mission initializes with a briefing stage, allowing the player to choose their equipment, coordinate their attacks, and advance the plot. Throughout each mission the player directly controls one team member, and can take control of any living operative. However, any casualties cannot be used in future missions unless the mission is reset. In multiplayer, the game pits two teams of players aga ...
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