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Revision as of 18:30, 3 July 2020
- "The only thing I feel when I pull the trigger is recoil."
— Nøkk
Nøkk is an Attacking Operator featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. She was introduced in the Operation Phantom Sight expansion alongside Warden.[1][2]
Biography
For reasons of National Security and currently active missions, Nøkk's records are sealed at NATO Confidential security clearance, but her files have been released to Six. Nøkk enlisted at the Army NCO School in Sønderborg, then enrolled at the Royal Danish Military Academy where she graduated at the rank of First Lieutenant. With four deployments under her belt, Nøkk underwent additional special operations training, earning her Jægerkorpset maroon beret with skills in covert ops, combat search and rescue, direct action, special recon, arctic warfare, and advanced breaching. Nøkk served in Afghanistan and Iraq, often alone in deep undercover behind enemy lines. She received commendations for eliminating hostile insurgents in surgical strikes and was responsible for uncovering Erik "Maverick" Thorn's location, forwarding that intel to the Unit.
Nøkk keeps her identity hidden from all but her fellow operators. NATO's O&P division recommended Nøkk for Rainbow as one of its deep cover specialists.[3]
Psychological Profile
When they looped me in on Nøkk's real identity, I cracked open her secret dossier with schoolboy glee. I love a good mystery and I was not disappointed. Nøkk's real identity has been a prickly issue given the potential scandal should it ever be made public. Frankly, had I not known who Nøkk's father was, I wouldn't have noticed the family resemblance. But it smacks you in the face when you know the truth.
I wondered how Nøkk felt about all this and how it influenced her upbringing. Nøkk tried to dismiss it as one of the realities of the job, but eventually I learned enough to start painting a portrait. Nøkk's mother raised her, and the pair are close to the point of being best friends. It's almost tribal how protective they are of each other. Nøkk knew about her father and his family, but it took a while before the family knew about Nøkk. They tried to give Nøkk a better life, but without bringing her into the fold out of fear of courting a major scandal for the family.
Nøkk is fiercely loyal to her mother, so I found it surprising Nøkk was loyal to her father out of respect for the family name itself. You'd think there'd be some resentment there, but Nøkk is comfortable quietly serving Queen and Country and everything else that falls under the umbrella; her Darwinist outlook isn't rooted in her own safety, but rather the betterment of the soldiers of her unit and her country.
Nøkk's ability to keep a secret and maintain a façade is what makes her a highly capable undercover operative but she is involved in an active mission. Fortunately, Nøkk's cover identity is currently “in jail,” building up credibility while giving us an incredible opportunity to work with someone of Alibi's and Bandit's caliber. I have no doubt Nøkk is a strong fit for Rainbow, and I hope we can use her to the full extent of her stay with us.
-- Dr. Harishva Pandey[3]
Gameplay Description
A Medium Armored Operator, Nøkk's unique gadget is the HEL Presence Reduction Device, a gadget that when activated, dampens her sound and erases her image from cameras. This, however, comes with some limitations.
- The HEL has infinite uses and runs on charge. The HEL lasts for 12 seconds, with the maximum recharge time being 6 seconds. Nøkk can activate HEL Step as long as she has 25% of the bar charged.
- Unlike the Silent Step, the HEL does not limit Nøkk's choice of weapons.
- With the HEL active, Nøkk gains the following properties:
- Movement noise at walking pace or slower is fully silenced.
- Nøkk loses the silent movement if she sprints.
- Invisibility to cameras, similar to Vigil.
- Nøkk will be visible on any camera as distortion glitches if she sprints, fires weapons, moves through Barbed Wire, takes damage, or performs any actions such as pulling out Lesion's Gu Mine. Nøkk will know when she is glitching as the peripherals of her screen will have a yellow interference.
- Reloading, swapping weapons, walking and crouching will not cause the mosaic glitches.
- The cameras on Echo's Yokai drone and drones hacked by Mozzie can see a border interference wave effect similar to Vigil's ERC-7 when Nøkk is nearby with the HEL on. All other cameras cannot see this effect.
- Just like Vigil, environmental debris can reveal where Nøkk may be as they move upon being trampled.
- Like Vigil, affected surveillance tools will emit a white light.
- Nøkk will not trigger the tracking from Alibi's Prismas when she moves through or attacks their volumetric displays.
Counters
- Nøkk will trigger Proximity Alarms when she enters the effective radius, whether or not her gadget is active.
- Melusi's Banshee will interfere with Nøkk's HEL Presence Reduction Device and give away her silent approach.
Loadout
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HEL Presence Reduction |
- "Counter-intel that wipes Nøkk's image from observation tools and reduces her noise, with exceptions."
— In-game description
Nøkk's gadget is the ultimate form of stealth technology. The HEL is a glove attachment, which, when activated, reduces her ambient noise output and hides her image from the opponents' observation tools. Drones, Bulletproof Cameras, Evil Eyes and more will thus be unable to register Nøkk's presence as she roams through the map, unseen. Her footsteps will be silenced as she stalks opposing operators, unheard. Roaming will be riskier than ever for Defenders, as Nøkk could be hiding behind every corner or worse, sneaking up right behind them. Keep in mind that the HEL has a limited window of usage, and must otherwise be recharged through a cooldown.[1]
Device Evaluation
Since I was involved in coding Specialist Chul Kyung "Vigil" Hwa's ERC-7 device, I was asked to prove Specialist Nøkk with a next-generation version. It was a little outside my domain, but I love a challenge and I was inspired by her abilities as a hunter and stalker.
The ERC-7 scans surrounding devices to wipe the user's image form cameras and drones, but I decided to add a meatspace component using an active noise control unit inspired by our own Specialist Taina "Caveira" Pereira's 'light step' (please don't tell her I said that). The device, codenamed HEL Presence Reduction, uses an antiphase signal at the same time as the ERC-7 to create destructive interference to mask out Specialist Nøkk's footsteps. In other words, it allows her to move relatively silently.
However, like the ERC-7, it does have its limitations. Running or making certain arm motions is going to give the system some trouble as it tries to sanitize the user's image from nearby cameras in real-time. Until I can gather more data from tests in the field, Specialist Nøkk is as close to being a ghost as we can currently get.
- - Specialist Grace "Dokkaebi" Nam
Quotes
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Trivia
- Nøkk is a variation of the Danish word Nøkken, the Danish name of the Neck, which are shape-shifting water spirits in Germanic mythology.
- Nøkk was heavily referenced/hinted at around the time of the 2019 Season Invitational:
- In the CGI trailer The Hammer and the Scalpel, a Danish flag can be seen in the background at around 0:44.
- At some point, concept art was leaked showing designs of an operator for supposedly the Frogman Corps.
- On Harry's board (seen in the cinematic as well as released as a high-quality image), there is an intentionally covered picture of an operator with a Danish flag on their chest. A map of Denmark is also present behind.
- A note on this board has Harry describing her as calculative and an "expert in covert reconnaissance and stealth tactics. Ability to blend and adapt into environment."
- He noted to discuss with Vigil a cat & mouse one-on-one hunt with "Dane" (presumably her in-the-works code name). Also, to confabulate with Mira on working on her ability.
- As well as that note from Harry, Mira is seen working on the HEL device in Nøkk's concept art #5, with the quote "Always a pleasure to see another professional at work."
Gallery
Nøkk under the influence of the HEL Presence Reduction
Concept Art for Nøkk
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