Operation Angel Wire is the third mission in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. Its multiplayer counterpart is Oil Rig.
Mission Objective[]
An organization calling itself "The Phoenix Group" has gained control of a PetroMech drilling rig in the North Sea. They've taken the crew hostage and mined the rig. Your mission is to disarm all explosive devices and neutralize the aggressors.
Briefing[]
John Clark: Good work in the Congo. The word is Dr. Winston is completely recovered from her ordeal. Security is running a background check on her - since she's already aware of our existence we might as well put her to use as an advisor. Given the current proliferation of weapons of mass destruction I'm afraid we may need a biohazard expert.
Be sure to read your dossier on The Phoenix Group. These guys are serious fanatics. Apparently their agenda calls for the complete destruction of modern society. They see themselves rising from the ashes to build some sort of environmentalist utopia - hence the Phoenix bit. If they get even a hint that you're on board that rig they'll set off the bombs.
Mission Orders[]
Members of the Phoenix Group, a radical environmentalist organization, have taken over a North Sea drilling rig. The terrorists have planted explosive devices on board the rig and are threatening to blow it up if their demands aren't met.
You will be inserted by inflatable boat at the base of the rig's legs. Two rings of catwalks allow movement between the legs. Above, the two-level main structure contains machine rooms and the crew's quarters. Surveillance indicates that one bomb is located on each level of the main structure. The triggering device for both bombs is located in a separate room on the top level. If the terrorists are alerted to your presence they will use this trigger to set off the explosives.
After completing your mission you will be extracted by helicopter from the rig's upper deck.
NEWSWIRE[]
LONDON, ENGLAND (United News International) - British elite forces stormed a PetroMech drilling platform in the North Sea Sunday, killing the individuals who had commandeered it and heading off a potential environmental catastrophe. Early reports indicate that the crew of the rig, who had been held as hostages during the incident, escaped with minimal casualties.
The terrorists seized control of the platform early Friday morning by masquerading, authorities believe, as members of the regular PetroMech maintenance crew. Once in control of the rig they planted explosive devices at strategic locations and notified the British government that they intended to blow it up unless their demands were met. Had that happened the environmental consequences for the region could have been severe; smaller oil spills in the North Sea have had a serious impact on local habitats for fish and sea birds.
According to British authorities, other members of the group responsible for the bomb attack may still be at large.
Trivia[]
- This is one of the three times Phoenix members are dressed as workers in a mission (the others being Operation: Blue Sky and Operation: Razor Ice). There is also one unique terrorist model in this mission that is not a disguised worker, but a male with a brown coat, green shirt, and jeans. This model also has black hair and seems to have darker skin than the others.
- This model is shared with all BOTHRA terrorists in the Eagle Watch expansion's first mission, Operation: Little Wing
- This is the first mission to feature an objective other than rescuing hostages (unless if done on Veteran or Elite, which would make it the first mission to have at least two different objectives).
- No matter how the mission is failed, the failure screen will always be the explosion on the rig.
- Occasionally, a glitch will occur when a team member tries to disarm a bomb, but the mission fails as if the bomb exploded. There is no explosion in-game, but the sound will play.
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| Missions of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | |
|---|---|
| Rainbow Six | Steel Wind · Cold Thunder · Angel Wire · Sun Devil · Ghost Dance · Blue Sky · Fire Walk · Winter Hawk · Red Wolf · Razor Ice · Yellow Knife · Deep Magic · Lone Fox · Black Star · Wild Arrow · Mystic Tiger |
| Lone Wolf | Arctic Phoenix · Silent Shelter · Rapid Fox · Stone Feather · Cold Talon |
| Eagle Watch | Little Wing · Sapphire Rising · Lion's Den · Red Lightning · Eagle Watch |