“If we ask ourselves which mission creates the best story to tell, it isn’t disarming a bomb, it isn’t breaking into a building and making an assault. Our creative director, Xavier Marquis, explains: It’s precisely these kinds of engagements that counter-terrorist units were created for and for Siege it adds great value to the experience at a fantasy and gameplay level. Both teams must take great care during the engagement, as any reckless moves that result in the death of the hostage will cause an immediate loss for the team in violation. One defending team of five is holed up in a fortified structure in possession of a hostage, while the attacking five have just a few minutes to either locate and extract the hostage, or remove the threat by eliminating the enemy team. In trying to embrace the counter-terrorism reality in Rainbow Six Siege, we initially focused our efforts on a game mode called Hostage Rescue. It is to be able to extract, to save, a hostage.”

They weren’t just fighting an enemy or to gain a strategic objective, they were fighting to save lives.

But the other consistent component of these CTU operations, and the reason they were such terrifying and delicate situations, is the presence of hostages. From Lufthansa Flight 181, to other famous CTU operations like Iranian Embassy Siege or the Moscow theater hostage crisis, the concept of the siege and asymmetrical attack and defense is a consistent component. After help from Somali soldiers to distract the hijackers in the plane by lighting fires on the tarmac, GSG 9 breached through the aircraft’s doors, yelling in German at the passengers “Heads down! Where are the swines?” With a clear line of sight, members of the German CTU were able to neutralize the hijackers and escort all passengers to safety. In October of 1977, members of Germany’s GSG 9 counter-terrorism unit stormed a Boeing 737 aircraft where 86 passengers and 5 crew members were being held by militants associated with the Red Army Faction in a terrorist hijacking. However, Mathison continued to hold his estranged wife as a hostage for several more hours.Meaningful Objective-Driven Gameplay for Rainbow Six Siege Walker County Sheriff’s Office began negotiations with Mathison and were able to successfully gain the release of the children (7 and 12 years old) and the assaulted female out of the home. She is in a local hospital in stable condition. Walker County Sheriff’s Deputies and DPS Troopers arrived and were able to rescue the wounded elderly female from the front yard of the residence and get her medical help. Mathison then forced the female he struck, his two step-children, and the mother of the children into the home where he pepper-sprayed them all and held them hostage. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the suspect (Mark Joseph Mathison a 38-year-old white male) had arrived at the home of his estranged wife and began arguing with her family members.ĭuring the argument, Mathison allegedly shot an elderly female in the shoulder area with a shotgun then struck a second adult female with the stock of the gun.

“On November 2, 2020, at 7:24 am the Walker County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call on South Pavey Circle, New Waverly, Texas, reporting a disturbance and shots fired.

Gaston hostage rescue team