Background (10)

Learn about the Background (10) mission in Rainbow Six Mobile. Discover details on the London bank seizure, hostages, and the terrorist leader Douglas Preston.

A private banking house in London has been seized by terrorists in paramilitary gear. They have taken hostages and opened fire on the Metropolitan Police. As several of the hostages are Swiss nationals, both the British and Swiss governments have requested your assistance in this matter. Your mission is to liberate the bank and any hostages within, and prevent the destruction of valuable financial records that we believe are the terrorists' target.

John Clark: Both the British and Swiss governments are asking for our help on this one. Apparently there are Swiss nationals inside the bank carrying "sensitive financial documents", but there're not willing to say more at the moment. Obviously, the Swiss government is very concerned about what happens to both their people and their papers. The bank's four centuries old and private, which means that it's built like a fortress. We're looking at thick walls, and good sight lines. There are two routes down to the vault, which is where we suspect the hostages are being held. Be careful of snipers on the walkway on the upper level. It's where I'd put my men, if I were trying to hold this thing. The other thing to watch for is the bank's security system. It looks like the terrorists got it back on line. One of their people is monitoring their camera set-up from the security room on the first floor to the right of the front doors. You should probably take him out from outside the building.

Explanations: The bank has many long corridors, so that you can easily take out terrorists on the other side without being seen. If you are unsure, you should use Smoke Grenades. Then the terrorists will not know what hit them when you kill them through the smoke. If you enter the bank either way and have not taken out that person in the security room, the bank alarm will sound, and the Terrorists will swoop down on you, and it will be hard to survive this onslaught. It is not necessary to use snipers for the task.

Kevin Sweeney: We have a positive ID on the man in charge of the London bank operation. His name is Douglas Preston. He's a British arm vet, decorated for service in Kuwait. He's also a major embarrassment to the British government. It seems once their war hero got home, he declared his sympathies for an organization called the United People's Front, which is an umbrella for every neo-fascist group in the UK. Officially, he split from the UPF six years ago. Unofficially, his politics haven't changed, and he's been connected to some illicit arms sales to paramilitary groups in Columbia. In short, he sounds like the sort of man Gutierrez would have over for a drink. Preston's dossier says that he's good at what he does, which means that this operation's going to be no cakewalk. His psych profile indicated that he has no problem using hostages as human shields, and his men are likely to be highly trained and well armed. He's a bit of a perfectionist, very cautious, so don't wait for his squad to make mistakes. They won't.

Explanations: Kevin Sweeney is referring to the first Gulf War in 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. I am saying First because the Time Magazine considered the US invasion of Iraq earlier this year the Second Gulf War. Douglas Preston is working on his own now, but he still has neo-fascist views. Like many neo-fascists, he is involved in many illegal activities including arms dealing. Of course, such neo-fascist people are people who would enjoy working with Gutierrez. If Douglas Preston likes to use hostages as human shields, then he must be a sadist. The terrorists who invaded the bank are very well armed, and are excellent in what they do, so watch out.