We've seen them in a lot of Siege assets including peripheral Rainbow Six titles. 'Ash, Mira, and Thermite take up a lot of screen time as mission givers or sources of exposition. 'We have a few standout personalities who have become star protagonists,' Lima said. So players can expect more storylines like what we saw in Sisters In Arms-it's not always going to be about Ash from now on. Going forward, Siege will highlight more of the Operators that traditionally stick to the sidelines when it comes to major story beats. You may notice that none of those names are big players in Siege's world-that's by design. There are stakes in this rivalry that are worth caring about. Similarly, Pulse is the husband of Hibana, and she's choosing to stay with Rainbow. As seen in the cinematic trailer Sisters In Arms, Ela's decision to join Nighthaven creates a schism between her and her sister, fellow Operator Zofia. This narrative has a large emotional investment as well, as it sees families split on their ideologies. It's a group composed of Rainbow's former friends and allies. So, this isn't just some purely evil group that Rainbow is fighting. Plus, five of the Operators that have been a part of Rainbow for a while-Ela, Smoke, Finka, Pulse, and IQ-defected from the team at the end of Year 6 in order to join Nighthaven. Nighthaven addresses that shortcoming right out the gate-the group is led and composed of many of the Operators added to Siege since the start of Year 4. They weren't so much a foe to fight in so much an antagonistic force that was just kind of there. That group was faceless and not very interesting, however.

The introduction of Nighthaven represents the first external organization that can interfere with Rainbow since the game's launch, which saw the team of soldiers going up against an international terrorist group called The White Masks. 'We wanted Nighthaven's inception to be more substantial and conflictual back when we launched Shifting Tides, but the team felt it was too soon to delve into a rival organization, so we've been planting seeds for years.' Rainbow's Ash and Nighthaven's Kali have been at each other's throats for a long time, with Rainbow's Forward Operations leader even asking Flores to spy on the head of Nighthaven. 'It certainly did not get written overnight,' Lima said. Ubisoft Montreal has been dropping hints about this major story development for years via trailers, blog posts, and in-game text logs, slowly transforming Siege into a more narrative-driven service game piece-by-piece-much in the same way that Destiny 2 worked its way up to The Witch Queen or Apex Legends set-up The Broken Ghost. This is the first time that Siege has built up to such a major storyline over a long period of time. Now that we take the story 'Back on the Road' and make Operators operational again, three years of training and simulation will be invaluable.' 'Our story 'The Program' was key in preparing our Operators for what comes next.

'We are leaving behind the sports competition narrative, but we're not forgetting it,' Lima said. Building upon the function and personalities of Siege's massive roster of Operators, the new narrative will focus on Rainbow's rivalry with Nighthaven, a private military company with involvement in criminal activity across the globe, as Rainbow begins to once again respond to international threats.

Now Playing: The Story of Azami | Tom ClancyвЂ™s Rainbow Six SiegeДЄccording to Lima, Year 7 will see Siege refocus on the fact that Siege's Operators are specialist soldiers, not athletes. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

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