Mozzie

Mozzie
C'mon, I'm not here to fuck spiders.
General information
Real Name	Max Goose
Organization	SASR
Position	Defender
Role	Intel Denier, Intel Gatherer, Secure
Birthplace	Portland, Australia
Date of birth	February 15
Age	35
Height	5'4" (1.62m)
Weight	126lbs (57kg)
Unlock	25,000 600 Free for Season Pass owners
Voice Actor	Martin Copping
Statistics
Health Rating	●●○ Medium
Speed Rating	●●○ Medium

"Some say I'm a pest. I say right back atcha, mate!"
— Mozzie

Max Goose, codename Mozzie, is a Defending Operator featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. He was introduced in the Burnt Horizon expansion alongside Gridlock.

Biography

Background

Right after Year 10, Max Goose applied to enter the Australian Defence Force Academy, later working in Combat & Security. He joined an infantry regiment that incorporated dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles in their reconnaissance operations. Goose excelled in land navigation and became the two-wheeler expert in raids, scouting, and convoy operations.

Following Operation Catalyst, he was handpicked to join the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), so long as he passed selection and refrained from talking back. His specialized off-road skillsets and quick thinking were highly prized, even though his driving style appeared reckless. He deployed to Operation Slipper and served until the operation's conclusion. He later received the National Emergency Medal for saving firefighters during the Esperance bushfires.

Goose is a calculated daredevil who loves testing upcoming military stealth bikes, but he says there's no bigger honor than being asked to join Rainbow Six.

Psychological Report

On their own, Specialist Max "Mozzie" Goose and Specialist Tori "Gridlock" Tallyo Fairous perform exceedingly well, but together, they pull off some amazing, even hare-brained stunts sure to make the sternest of commanders crack a smile… when they succeed, of course. Just like their operation at the Esperance bushfires.

These two specialists create this remarkable balance seldom seen between two operators. I'm curious to see if they would still help each other as opponents, or if duty will take precedence over their friendship.

He's a speed demon, not just on his bike, but how he processes information. By the time others are done parsing a problem, he has already considered the feasibility of a particular course of action, having weighed all the pros and cons, and he's already kick-started his bike. Those seconds he's saving are precious. All the while, he's smirking beneath that moustache, and there's this shine to his eyes that makes everyone uneasy. I believe he's a troublemaker in spirit, but a real showman at heart.

Goose grew up as the middle sibling in his family and I do believe he had to put extra effort to be heard or noticed, which explains the showman side of his personality. He jokes that his parents paid more attention to him the moment he engaged in extreme sports like freestyle mountain biking, dune buggy racing, and the occasional hang gliding. He told me that the moment he told his mum he did skydiving with dirt bikes, she completely lost it.

I've had the… "pleasure" of hearing the extent of his profanity, though like many behavioural psychologists, I've seen enough evidence to support the theory that swearing is good for you… that it's not maladaptive.

I've even seen Specialist Goose use humour to cover pain, though I wonder if he uses vulgarity to make up for his physical stature, likely to appear more intimidating. So far, all my observations indicate that he becomes quite furious when his height is made all the more obvious.

Gameplay Description

This section is currently under construction. It may contain little or inaccurate information.

Mozzie is a Defender who figures there's no reason to bring his own drones to the fight when he can just steal someone else's. Armed with his trusty Pest Launcher, Mozzie can hack the Attacking team's drones and make them his own. This includes Twitch drones. He can capture them in two ways:

• Shooting a Pest directly on to a drone. Mute can be very helpful in getting drones to stay still. However, missing the shot won't initiate a hack, but Mozzie can pick them up and use them again.
• Shooting a Pest onto a surface and creating an ambush. The Pest will pounce on any drone that cruises inside its ambush radius and hack it.

Each Pest can hack one drone and add it to Mozzie's fleet. Once a drone is hacked, Mozzie is free to use the drone as if he were an Attacker. With Twitch's Drones, he is capable of using the taser to eliminate incoming breaches.

He can't pick drones up, and if he drives one outside for more than a few seconds, he'll lose the hack and the drone will be lost, even to its original owner. Each drone Mozzie keeps in play is a valuable new intel source that joins the Defender camera feed for all defenders to see. Mozzie cannot hack friendly drones such as Echo's Yokai drone or Maestro's Evil Eye, he can only hack enemy drones.

Counters

Defenders who are used to shooting drones on sight will be happy to know there is a special glowing outline to show them which drones are hacked by Mozzie, while Attackers will have to look for the telltale blue light to recognize turncoat drones, or bring

• IQ can use her RED to detect drones hijacked by Mozzie.
• Attackers can regain access to the camera feed of a hacked drone with a Dokkaebi hack, but the drone will remain under Defender control.
• Lion's EE-ONE-D cannot be hijacked by Mozzie, allowing him to gain intel safely.
• Thatcher can use his EMP grenades to destroy Pests as well as temporarily disable Mozzie's hacked drones.
• Twitch's drone can still use a taser dart to destroy a Pest, as long as it is not in the range of being hacked by it. The darts can also be used to destroy hacked drones.

In order to avoid losing drones, Attackers can watch for the red warning light in their drone view that indicates a Pest is nearby, and this is another way that Mozzie makes Attackers burn more time and attention on drones.

Loadout

Loadout
Primary	Commando 9 Assault Rifle P10 RONI Submachine Gun
Secondary	Super Shorty Shotgun SDP 9mm Handgun
Gadget	Barbed Wire x 2 Nitro Cell x 1

Unique Gadget

Unique Gadget
	Pest Launcher x 3

"Launches autonomous bots that latch onto nearby enemy drones, hijacking their controls."
— In-game description

Mozzie's launcher, Pests, are tiny 4-legged bots that can be used to target a single drone, or deployed into an area to prevent access by a drone. When launched, the Pest latches onto the nearest enemy drone and obscures its camera. It then initiates an override sequence to hack the drone and give control to Mozzie. Counter-intelligence is enabled with no risk of a counter hack. Single-use only, Pests self-destruct by dissolving into thin air once their target is in Mozzie's control.

Quotes

Mozzie's Quotes

Teaser Trailer "It's uh, quiet here." "It's like, really, really, really-- quiet." Burnt Horizon Trailer "Gridlock, deploy Trax!" Spawning "And this is why I joined the army." "Bloody oath, mate." "Could've gone walkabout and no one would even know." "Hey, I didn't sign up to sit around." "Hey, I'm being framed as a lazy bludger here. Someone is gonna have a pest problem." "Great. More waiting around?" "Good news! Nothing's bloody happenin'." "I could be having my mum's meat pie right now." "I hope they're keeping their drones locked up tight." "I'll just wait right here." "Let me know when it's a goer?" "Let me know when we move out." "Nah, she'll be right." "No worries, mate." "Once this is all over, it's your shout, mate." "Righto." "Uhuh." "Ugh, come on, I'd rather be on my bike." "We can get movin' anytime now." "Which drongo set this up." "Wish I had a mirror. Good time to trim this 'stache." Setting Pest "Pest is ready." "Pest deployed!" "Pest online." "Pest out-- Godspeed, little fella." "Pest's out, go get 'em, mate." "Ready to bug someone." Hacked Drone Using Pest Launcher "Bullseye." "Bullseye, got us a drone." "Drone acquired, bullseye." "Drone acquired, direct hit." "Drone hacked, right on the mark." "Hacked a drone, one shot." "He shoots, he scores- that's a drone for us." "Got a drone, bullseye!" "Shot a drone head on. It's ours." "Sweet ass, grabbed us a drone direct."

"Trick shot, new drone, good day." "Yes, got us a drone dead on!" "You beauts! Sniped a drone." "You see that? Hacked a drone, head on." Hacked Drone "Drone acquired." "Grabbed a drone." "Got a drone." "Got a fancy drone." "Got a fancy drone working for us now." "Got their drone, let's go." "Hacked a drone." "Hacked a nifty drone." "I've nabbed us a snazzy drone." "Just grabbed us a truly gorgeous drone." "Nabbed a drone straight up." "Nabbed their drone." "Nice! Got us a drone." "Nicked a fancy drone." "Nicked a snazzy drone." "Override done." "Override is done." "Snazzy drone acquired." "Stole a new drone, a bloody ripper." "Stole a spiffy drone." "Sweet! Got us a drone." "Yes! Drone acquired!" Hacked Shock Drone "Got a shock drone." "Got us a bleedin' shock drone." "Got us one of Twitch's drones." "Grabbed Twitch's drone, go me." "Hacked a shock drone." "Hacked a special drone." "I've gone and nicked us a shock drone." "Look-- I bagged us a shock drone." "Shock drone secured." "Yes, grabbed us a shock drone!" Using Drone "Drone up." Setting Barbed Wire "Razor wire deployed." "Razor wire in position." "Razor wire up." Setting Nitro Cell "C4 deployed." "C4 out!" "Setting C4." Detonating Nitro Cell "C4 detonated." "Detonating." "Detonating C4." Reinforced Wall "Floor reinforcement complete." "Wall reinforced." "Reinforcing the floor." Barricade "Barricade up." "Doorway is barricaded." "This door is secured." Scanning Enemies "Hostile found." "Tango located." Reloading "Gotta reload." "I'm reloading." "Loading new magazine!" "Reload." "Reloading, cover me!" "Swapping." No More Ammunition "I'm out of ammo." "No ammo." "Out of ammo." Reviving "Friendly hurt." "Helping friendly." "She'll be right." Friendly Fire "Cease fire, cease fire!" "Hey! Stop that shit!" "Hey, watch it!" White Masks Reloading "Enemy reloading." "Target is reloading." "They're reloading."

Gameplay Video

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Trivia

• A mozzie is Australian slang for a 'mosquito.'
• In his concept art, he is shown to have a wife (named Lozza) and they are expecting twins.
• Mozzie's real name, Max Goose, is likely a reference to the characters Max Rockatansky and Jim Goose from the 1979 film Mad Max.

Patch Changes

Update 4.1.0; March 7, 2019 Patch: Introduction alongside Gridlock.