Editing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials

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Magic Lantern Playware <br\>

Zombie Studios|publisher = <!--The publisher of the game.-->|director = <!--The director of the game.-->|designer = <!--The designer of the game.-->|composer = <!--The composer of the game.-->|engine = <!--The engine the game was built on.-->|platform = PC|released = September 28, 2000}}'''''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials''''' is a stand-alone expansion pack of ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear|Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear]]''. The training simulator was developed by Magic Lantern Playware. Six of the levels were done by Zombie Studios and three of the levels were done by Red Storm Entertainment. It was published by Red Storm Entertainment. It was released on September 28, 2000. It included only 9 new missions, and the product was primarily developed as an educational program on real life counter-terrorism history and tactics.

==Training Simulator==

The Covert Ops Essentials Training Simulator was a stand-alone tutorial program. In actuality, it was a robust Computer Based Trainer developed by Magic Lantern Playware called "ShowTech". It featured an engaging rotational global menu, which allowed students to easily navigate to any lesson.  Students would "register" with their user name and then would be awarded points based on their scores during the testing phase following each module. 

Numerous real-world techinical advisors were featured in video interviews throughout the program who provided insight to law enforcement and military tactical operations. One such expert was SWAT Team Leader Sergeant Tony Levatino from the Santa Ana Police Department (CA). As a private computer simulation consultant, Levatino provided technical materials for the reference material portion of the program.  Additionally, he was featured in over 30 videos wherein he described the various nomenclature, specifications and uses of sub-machineguns, machineguns, sniper rifles, pistols, silencers, and diversionary devices. 

WIth the success of the educational product, and the fact that it showed promise as a real-life training system, Levatino in partnership with Magic Lantern were able to secure the rights to the source code to Rainbow Six.  He lectured extensively on the use of computer simulation in law enforcement at numerous law professional organiation conferences and was featured in several magazine articles discussing the advantages of simulation. Unfortunately, the concept of using computer simulation in a desk-top trainer to inhance congnitive skills development was ahead of its time, and the partners ultimately were unable to secure funding to continue the project. 

Interestingly enough, his experience with tactical simulators lead him to become a consultant to [http://www.d-a-s.com/VICE Dynamic Animation Systems]  a manufacturer of a multi-million dollar military simulators named the Virtual Interactive Combat Environment ([https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dynamic-Animation-Systems/370917006331250?fref=ts VICE System] ). Levatino approached the company with the proposal to convert the simulator to a law enforcement version. For the past 8 years he has been a consultant for the system which has seen deployment worldwide.

==Missions==

#[[Lucky Snake]] - Northern Bolivia, 11/17/03

#[[Arctic Zebra]] - Arctic Circle, 02/02/04

#[[Brazen Heart]] - North Dakota, 04/15/04

==Characters==

===Civilians===

*[[General Hector Sixto|Hector Sixto]]

*[[Son of John Brown]]

===Control===

*[[John Clark]]

*[[Kevin Sweeney]]

===Rainbow (Assault)===

*[[Domingo Chavez]]

*[[Santiago Arnavisca]]

*[[Daniel Bogart]]

*[[Andrew Burke]]

*[[Genedy Filatov]]

*[[Karl Haider]]

*[[Timothy Hanley]]

*[[Louis Loiselle]]

*[[Jamal Murad]]

*[[Alejandro Noronha]]

*[[Arkadi Novikov]]

*[[Eddie Price]]

*[[Kazimiera Rakuzanka]]

*[[Renee Raymond]]

*[[Jorg Walther]]

===Rainbow (Demo)===

*[[Lars Beckenbauer]]

*[[Roger McAllen]]

*[[Gerald Morris]]

===Rainbow (Electronics)===

*[[Alain DuBarry]]

*[[Annika Lofquist]]

Rainbow (Recon)

*[[Antonio Maldini]]

*[[Pak Suo-Won]]

*[[Tracy Woo]]

*[[Ayana Yacoby]]

===Rainbow (Sniper)===

*[[Kure Galanos]]

*[[Homer Johnston]]

*[[Emilio Narino]]

*[[Einar Petersen]]

*[[Dieter Weber]]

==Weapons==

*[[MP5K PDW]]

*[[MP5A4]]

*[[MP5SD5]]

*[[MP5/10A2]]

*[[MP5/10SD]]

*[[UMP45]], 45SD

*[[M4]]

*[[G3A3]]

*[[G36K]]

*[[L85A1]]

*[[Steyr AUG]]

*[[M16 A2]]

*[[M14 Assault Rifle]]

*[[82A1]]

*[[PSG1]]

*[[WA2000]]

*[[M1 Tactical]]

*[[SPAS 12]]

*[[92FS]], SD

*[[.40 USP]], SD

*[[MK. 23]], SD

*[[Desert Eagle]] (.50, .357)

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