Cold Thunder is the second mission in the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. Its multiplayer counterpart is Congo Mansion. It was introduced to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield as a custom mission in the Iron Wrath expansion.
Mission Objective[]
Hutu Rebels have captured a research outpost in Congo run by the Horizon Corporation. Your mission is to rescue the American and European scientists without alerting the main body of the rebel force to your presence.
Briefing[]
John Clark: You made quite an impression on the Belgians during that embassy takedown - they're insisting that we handle this situation in the Congo. Horizon is the darling of the biotech industry - wildly profitable, with a strong activist streak. I'll let their CEO, John Brightling, fill you in on their activities in Africa. The bottom line for us is that the leader of their research team is a VIP named Catherine Winston. High-ranking friends at NIH, WHO, dinners at the white house - you get the idea. It's absolutely essential that if you get anyone out that it's her.
John Brightling: We're not in the Congo to turn a profit. We're there at the request of the World Health Organization to see if we can come up with a cure for the epidemic that's been decimating West Africa's cattle population. You have to understand: Horizon doesnt exist to make money. Horizon exists to make a better future. If people think we're crazy, well, that's their problem.
Mission Orders[]
Hutu Rebels have seized a World Health Organization research station run by the Horizon Corporation. They are holding the research staff hostage. One of the world's leading experts on filoviruses, Dr. Catherine Winston, is among the captives.
The hostages are being held in an abandoned colonial villa. Although a large rebel camp is nearby, observers report that few enemy troops are actually in the building. You will be inserted by helicopter in a small clearing a short distance from the villa.
NEWSWIRE[]
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (United News International) - Hutu rebels have released a group of United Nations aid workers whose research station was overrun during fighting between the rebels and government forces. According to a spokesman from the American embassy in Kinshasa, the researchers have returned safely to the capital and will leave the country as soon as transportation can be arranged. Although the names of the workers have not been made available, the group is known to include both American and European nationals.
This peaceful resolution brings to an end almost a week of tense negotiations between the government and the rebels. Fighting in the countryside around the city of Kisangani has escalated recently as a result of the extended famine that has struck the Congo River basin. The freed UN researchers had been studying the roots of this famine before they were captured.
Trivia[]
- When this mission is completed, the NEWSWIRE screen (while planning any mission following this one) will state that the Hutu rebels had released the hostages; but in reality, they were all most likely killed and the hostages were taken by force.
- Despite having many sniping advantages from the main building, the majority of the rebels patrol on the grounds outside.
- The Hutus are one of the two groups only fought against in one mission during Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The only other group fought once is Force 10-18 in Operation: Ghost Dance.
- One of the operatives on the loading screen is Genedy Filatov; but in the story, he is not a member of RAINBOW until Operation: Ghost Dance.
- Dr. Winston is the only character in the original Rainbow Six trilogy that is captured more than once in the game. She is also held hostage by terrorists in the tenth mission, Operation: Razor Ice.
- Alerting the main rebel camp is possible, but very buggy, as the Hutu rebels who spawn into the map will noclip through the tents and sometimes they will take unusually long to spawn in. A grenade seems to be the best possible way to alert the camp. Four rebels usually spawn inside the central tent while one rebel usually spawns in the northwest tent.
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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 |