- "In combat, every second counts, and time waits for no one. Unless... you can slow things down."
— Tubarão
Isaac "Tubarão" Nunes Oliveira is a Defending Operator featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. He was introduced in the Operation Deep Freeze expansion.
Biography[]
- "Acceptable casualties? Nah."
— Tubarão
A tumultuous childhood in the Açores archipelago where earthquakes and underwater eruptions often shook communities taught Nunes the value of mutual aid. He applied this lesson in all things, even as an amateur athlete in biking and kayaking where he often backtracked, at the cost of his own performance, to help his peers facing difficulties or injuries.
On boating trips with his father, Nunes found a connection to the ocean that would set a course for his career. He insisted on helping with the ship’s navigation and repairs, and discovered his sense of freedom through wakeboarding; a desire to be unmoored that could only be satisfied by leaving his home. His path forward was clear, and he went to the mainland to pursue a career in the marines.
While Nunes excelled at learning new skills and easily matched his peers in physical testing, he was highly regarded for his natural leadership and his insistence on civilian safety. After he transitioned and amassed enough experience, he entered selection training to join the DAE.
His humanitarian outlook was an asset as he often worked within civilian areas, sometimes returning to his archipelago home. The frost grenade Nunes created to halt the detonation of explosives caused a lot of buzz, leading Specialist Gustave “Doc” Kateb to recruit him into Rainbow.
Psychological Report[]
Volatile elements (explosives, disease, radicals…) are one of the biggest risk factors of our line of work. I know what it’s like to lose a friend to something I couldn’t control. You can’t wish for a different outcome. No prayer will stop the march of death. It’s people like Specialist Isaac “Tubarão” Nunes Oliveira who make the difference, by finding new ways to take control and make sure everyone gets to go home.
Reading performance reports on his time in the DAE, I was fascinated by his repeated insistence that resources always be put aside to contain hostile activity and ensure residential areas and civilians, VIP or not, were duly considered in the overall cost of a mission.
In one operation, a group of smugglers Nunes was chasing retaliated by seizing a small town marina and threatening to blow it up. The situation was at a stalemate until he deployed his invention, which caused the bomb to malfunction and gave his team the opening they needed to neutralize the hostiles. Nunes knows when to be patient and when to act. Risk measurement is crucial, and a lesser specialist would not have been able to resolve this crisis with no casualties and minimal property damage.
Nunes shares a lot of experience and interests with Specialist Craig “Blackbeard” Jenson, who he trained with years ago in one of their units’ many joint exercises. I’ve never heard two grown men laugh so much. I guess you could say similar people are led to similar careers. When I asked Jenson for his opinion on Nunes’ recruitment, his answer surprised me: “Every man’s different. Tubs is trans, so he had to fight twice as hard for his spot. You can’t break him. You just have to let him do his thing.”
Nunes’ resilience is essential, but what I find most important is that no matter the situation, he has as much faith in his empathy as in the skills that make him a high-performing specialist. That’s what makes him Wolfguard.
- - Captain Gustave “Doc” Kateb, Wolfguard Squad Leader
Gameplay Description[]
| Loadout | |
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| Primary | |
Secondary
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Gadget
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Ability
 Zoto Canister x 3 | |
Tubarão's Unique Gadget is the Zoto Canister, a throwable device that detonates on impact, creating a temporary frozen area which deactivates any electronic or mechanical gadgets in its radius for 12 seconds, as well as slowing down and leaving the footprints of any Attacker that walks into it.
Synergies[]
- Gadgets that can collect intel remotely, such as Pulse's Heartbeat Sensor, Valkyrie's Black Eyes, Solis's SPEC-IO Electro-Sensor and Maestro can help Tubarão track Attackers through walls and communicate when a Hard Breacher will try and open a surface or when they're above them in order for him to deploy the Zoto.
- Tubarão's gadget also synergizes well with other gadget-denial Defenders, such as Bandit, Kaid and Mute, as they can coordinate their wall-denial for optimal timing. The Zoto gives these operators more breathing room and time to perfectly execute their tricking strategies.
- Because of it's slowing capabilities, the Zoto also works well when combined with trap operators, such as Kapkan, Thorn, Fenrir and others. Note: if the trap in question is hit by the Zoto's radius, it will also be deactivated, so placement is key.
Counters[]
- While Tubarão counters most gadgets due to his Zoto Canister's extremely low temperatures affecting electronics and freezing mechanical joints, well timed explosions from Frag Grenades, Zofia's KS-79 Lifeline and other similar devices will destroy the canister.
- Maverick's Tactical Breaching Torch will melt through the ice of Tubarão's gadget, making him a direct counter to the Defender's influence.
Notes[]
- The frozen AOE of the Zoto Canister will also disable Defender gadgets.
- Ying's goggles would be disabled by the Zoto Canister, making her vulnerable to her own flashes.
Device Description[]
- "Throwable device that sticks to surfaces and releases a freezing gas, deactivating devices and slowing enemies."
— Zoto Canister in-game description
Device Evaluation[]
Device: Zoto Canister
Operator: Specialist Isaac "Tubarão" Nunes Oliveira
Evaluation Lead: Specialist Néon "Sens" Ngoma Mutombo with Specialist Mina "Thunderbird" Sky
The gadget Tubarão came in with was already a complete package, so apart from a bit of polish and high quality materials, we didn't need to make a new version of the Zoto Canister, It still had to be tested, and between me and Thunderbird, we had that covered.
Mina has a good eye for chemical reactions and mechanics, so we were able to test a lot of interactions. We know Tubarão designed this to prevent explosions, but the rapid freezing that happens when the liquids mix is much more versatile than that. It jams up mechanical gadgets and even temporarily suppresses conduction, inhibiting electronic functions. The only downside is that the Zoto Canister, like most things in nature, doesn't discriminate. All devices in its area of effect, friendly or not, will be affected.
My interest was more on the impact it has on people. The cold zone's intensity restricts enemy movement, but the most unexpected reaction is the footprints left by those it affects. It's not much use when they're standing in front of you, but if they're a floor above, they leave a trail of extreme condensation you can follow. That opens up some nasty opportunities.
Tubarão has created a little marvel. It was already valuable in his naval career but here, with us, it will be useful in almost any situation.
- - NNM
Trivia[]
- Tubarão translates to "Shark" in Portuguese.
- On November 28th, 2023, Tubarão was added as a Legendary Outfit for Renato Lyra in the survival horror game Dead By Daylight.
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