Kali

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Kali
General information
Real Name	Jaimini Kalimohan Shah
Organization	NIGHTHAVEN
Position	Attacker
Birthplace	Amreli, India
Date of birth	August 21st
Age	34
Height	5'7" (1.70m)
Weight	148 Ibs (67kg)
Statistics
Health Rating	●●○ Medium
Speed Rating	●●○ Normal

"Acceptance of mediocrity is the first step toward failure."
— Kali

Jaimini Kalimohan Shah, codenamed Kali, is an Attacking Operator set to be featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. She will be introduced in the Operation Shifting Tides expansion alongside Wamai.

Biography

Born to wealthy parents, Shah's ability to achieve her goals was assured from an early age. This self-assurance hit a brick wall when she tried to join the military. Her interests in martial arts led her to enlist, but she quickly discovered that women weren't allowed to serve in combat units. Despite all of her money and all of her social influence, she had found an obstacle between her and something she wanted, and it would not budge. Leaving the military, she created her own Private Security Company to operate within India's borders of India, then a Private Military Company, NIGHTHAVEN, to operate overseas. She routinely negotiates multi-million-dollar contracts with incredibly favorable terms. Her ruthlessness is legendary, but by becoming a resource the Indian government needs she has circumvented the laws that kept her from her goal and revalidated her self-perception as an unstoppable force in a largely static world.

Psychological Profile

Cultural similarity isn't always a benefit when undertaking psychoanalysis. [...] Despite our shared heritage, Specialist Jaimini Kalimohan "Kali" Shah's are as alien to me as if she had come from the dark side of the moon. Contrary to what the romantics of this world would have you believe, money does create a boundary that can't be crossed by any other means. [...]

As a child, Shah received everything she wanted, without effort or attention. She is both ambitious and arrogant, but not without merit. She excels as a leader, primarily by driving those under her command beyond their psychological and physical breaking points to "forge them anew." The fact that those who complete her training are then inducted into an inner circle - a society of protectors, as she's apt to call it - does little to separate her from notorious criminal overlords. And yet if I am consistent in believing that everyone has something to teach, I can't discount her methods. [...]

Does Shah have any sense of nationalistic pride? It's difficult to say. To the ultra-rich, borders are merely suggestions. Yet her assumption of the name Kali and her ruthlessness toward those who cross her both imply a connection with the country of her ancestors. [...] I suspect this lack of clarity with regards to her motivations is what has already put her at odds with Specialist Eliza "Ash" Cohen, but that was to be expected. Cohen is someone who lives by a very strict set of rules, and Shah's very existence calls many of Cohen's beliefs into question. [...]

As for her strengths, they are many. She didn't get to where she is by cruising on her family's success. Her training regimen is relentless, augmented by the best trainers and the best equipment money can buy. She is brave - some would say foolhardy - and she is cunning. Put simply, she is someone I would be loath to face off against, so it seemed prudent to invite her to join Rainbow. Friends and enemies being what they are, we may have need of her particular strategies far sooner than we would like to admit.

- Dr. Harishva "Harry" Pandey, Director of Rainbow

Gameplay Description

Kali is equipped with a CSRX 300 rifle, a powerful sniper rifle which can pierce through multiple breakable walls, and destroy wooden barricades. It can down an enemy with one shot to the chest, or can kill them instantly with a headshot. The rifle is also equipped with an under barrel launcher that fires LV Explosive Lances. These burrow into walls and explode on both sides, even if the wall is not breakable. The explosion causes minimal damage to Defenders, but will destroy any gadgets in the vicinity, making it useful for lowering defences.

• The CSRX Rifle cannot penetrate reinforced walls

• The CSRX Rifle leaves a visible trail when it is fired, making it easier to track Kali's location. Also, when an opponent is downed by the rifle, they will automatically face the direction the shot came from, giving them a chance to locate Kali.

• Gadgets that can be destroyed by the LV Lances include:

• Barbed Wire
• Deployable Shield
• Mute's Signal Jammers
• Bandit's Shock Wires
• Maestro's Evil Eyes

• Mira's Black Mirror cannot be destroyed by LV Lances.

Counters

• LV Lances can be intercepted by Jäger's ADS or Wamai's Mag-NET.
• LV Lances can be destroyed by Operators if they shoot the tail of the device while it is embedded in a wall.

Loadout

Loadout
Primary	CSRX 300
Secondary	C75 Auto Machine Pistol P226 Mk25 Handgun
Gadget	Breach Charge x 3 Claymore x 1
	LV Explosive Lance x 4

Device Evaluation

Device: Low Velocity (LV) Explosive Lance
Operator: Specialist Jaimini Kalimohan "Kali" Shah
Evaluation Lead: Specialist Mike "Thatcher" Baker

Finally, another honest piece of hardware makes its way into my hands. Figures we had to go to the other side of the world to find it.

(Comment_E. Álvarez: Edited for length. Mira.)

Jaimini had to disable the biometrics before I could use the damn thing, but this LV-whatever-you-want is a beauty. The internal workings involve both percussive force and forward assist, which keep the shaft in place once it's embedded. The fuze leads to micro-explosives at the base and head of the round - HMTA at a guess. 

(Comment_Dr. H. Pandey: I checked with Kali. There's nothing dangerous in her proprietary compound.)

(Comment_E. Álvarez: I'll run my own tests, to make sure. I'll need her bacteriorhodopsin configuration, too. Mira.)

(Comment_Dr. H. Pandey: Her lawyers called. Please leave this part of the investigation aside for now.)

It's a neat little package that the IDF would love to get their hands on, if they weren't involved in its development. The explosion doesn't breach reinforcements, but it's got range. I'll be hard-pressed to beat it for utility, but beat it I shall.

-- Mike

Gallery

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Trivia

• Kali is named after the Hindu goddess of time, creation, destruction, and power.