Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Velvet Shell

Operation Velvet Shell
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General information
Developer(s)	Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Platform(s)	PlayStation 4 Xbox One PC
Release date(s)	February 7, 2017 (Season Pass) February 14, 2017 (Worldwide)
Year/Season	Year 2 Season 1
Patch(es)	2.1.0 - 2.1.1 - 2.1.2 - 2.1.3
Contents
Map(s)	Coastline
CTU(s)	GEO

"In Operation Velvet Shell, two GEO Operators join Team Rainbow to regain control of the "Coastline". Following a year of post-launch content, this major update aims to improve player comfort with an upgraded navigation interface, customisation selections and lots more."
— Official Website Description

Operation Velvet Shell is the fifth expansion to be released for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. It adds two new Operators from the Spanish GEO CTU and new map Coastline. It's also the first expansion of the Year Two.

It was officially announced on January 19, 2017 and was released on February 7, 2017 for Year Two Season Pass holders. As with other expansions, all content released is free for players but can be accessed one week earlier with ownership of its respective Season Pass.

Features

• Upgraded Navigation Interface

• New tabs: "Home" (challenges, news, boosters) and "Play"
• New rank icons

• Rook Elite Set

Map

• Coastline

Operators

• Jackal
• Mira

Weapons

• C7E
• PDW9
• ITA12L
• Vector .45 ACP
• USP40
• ITA12S

Gallery

Teaser Image

Mira and Jackal

Trivia

• The pattern of the "Velvet Shell" headgear skin is based on a flamenco dancer.