Delta Force

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Lore & Background

Delta Force operators in Rainbow Six Siege are handpicked from the U.S. Army's most elite units, undergoing rigorous selection and training to specialize in hostage rescue, direct action, and counter-terrorism. Within the Rainbow Six Siege narrative, Delta Force contributes skilled operatives to the multinational Rainbow team, often deploying in denied or hostile environments. Their lore is tied to real-world operational history and the ongoing global conflicts depicted in the game's seasonal storylines, such as the White Mask threat and other terrorist organizations.

In Their Own Story

Haavk activates Skynet, a satellite network capable of disabling GTI communications worldwide despite attempts to stop it. With GTI scattered, Zoya contacts Nox, a former Relink patient helping GTI remove his implant, and sends him to recover data needed to disable Skynet. The objective proves to be a trap; although Nox escapes a Haavk ambush, the mission fails. GTI next sends Luna, Shepherd, and Stinger to free Raven, the exiled prince of Ahsarah and former leader of the Ahsarah Guard, from Haavk's Tide Prison. Raven incites a prison riot, drawing the attention of Haavk security agent Tempest. When Tempest and the GTI team reach Raven's cell, he releases hallucinogenic gas. Tempest and Luna recognize each other as former archery rivals, prompting Tempest to allow the operators to withdraw, though they must abandon the rescue. After learning that the Ahsarah Guard plans to destroy the Haavk-built Zero Dam, GTI deploys Gizmo and Uluru to defuse the explosives. Gizmo is captured and interrogated by militia leader Saeed, but convinces him that detonating the dam would make the Guard no better than Haavk. Saeed releases him and refuses to trigger the explosives, frustrating fellow Guard leader Reis. D-Wolf and Zoya are then assigned to recover a Haavk MandelBrick containing Skynet data. They encounter Raptor, a bounty hunter and former GTI and Delta Force operative, who incapacitates Zoya before reluctantly joining D-Wolf to repel Haavk reinforcements. Raptor warns that GTI command should not be trusted with the MandelBrick and sacrifices himself to cover their escape. Later, he unexpectedly survives and personally delivers the MandelBrick to D-Wolf. Meanwhile, Haavk's orbital space stations are damaged by asteroids. Efficiency Director Hudson proposes using experimental dark matter generators to restore power in exchange for an unspecified favor, but Security Director Desmoulins rejects the plan. Afterward, Hudson secretly initiates a 'plan B'. When the dark matter energy is transported aboard a cargo ship, GTI dispatches D-Wolf, Stinger, and newcomer Morse to gather evidence. During the mission, Morse follows a mysterious sound pulse that triggers memories of his time as a submariner, when the same phenomenon distracted him from intercepting a torpedo that killed his crew. Ignoring his failing tracker, he pursues the signal to the ship's command module but finds only a drone. With the vessel about to explode, he escapes by helicopter with Stinger's assistance. Afterwards, D-Wolf questions Morse about the unexplained 15-minute loss of contact, but Morse attributes it to his damaged tracker.

Reader's Guide

Players assume the role of military operators in the conflict between the Global Threat Initiative (GTI), a paramilitary organization, and Haavk, a progressive yet questionable international corporation. The game is free to play with optional microtransactions, primarily cosmetics. There are two primary game modes: Warfare, a massive-scale multiplayer mode, and an extraction mode known as Hazard Operations. Player progression is shared across different platforms with some limitations. The game features a roster of playable operators who all have unique abilities while fitting into one of four archetypes: Assault, Support, Engineer, and Recon. Assault focuses on frontline combat, Support focuses on maintaining or enhancing allies, Engineers focus on vehicles and bolstering defenses, and Recon gathers information on hostiles. Inspired by the film Black Hawk Down (2001) and Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, the game features a single-player and cooperative mode as Task Force Ranger soldiers participating in Operation Gothic Serpent, with rights to Scott's footage and closely based on the film. Tech demos of the campaign featured levels rendered in Unreal Engine 5, including the locations of the raid which led to the Battle of Mogadishu. Delta Force open-beta released for PC on December 5, 2024. For iOS and Android, Delta Force launched on April 21, 2025. For PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, Delta Force launched on August 19, 2025. Delta Force has collaborated with Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, the mobile game Arknights, the Saw series, the action-adventure game Tomb Raider, among many others. Recent collaboration announcements include the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege collaboration, including a Doc Skin for Stinger, a Vigil skin for Nox, and a Montagne skin for Sineva. Delta Force received 'mixed or average' reviews from critics, according to Metacritic. Justin Koreis from IGN felt the game was competent and wrote that Delta Force was 'both a good large-scale PvP shooter and a serviceable extraction shooter, even if neither half stands out'. Rick Lane from Eurogamer praised Warfare and Operations, describing them as 'meticulously designed and undeniably entertaining', though he lamented that the game was not innovative and too conservative in its design. However, he strongly criticized the Black Hawk Down campaign, calling it 'atrocious' and adding that it was nearly impossible to play the campaign alone.

Did You Know?

• Delta Force was not a launch unit in Rainbow Six Siege; the original five CTUs were SAS, GIGN, GSG 9, Spetsnaz, and FBI SWAT.
• The Delta Force operators in Rainbow Six Siege do not include Ash, Thermite, or Pulse—those operators are from FBI SWAT, not Delta Force.
• No collaboration with the Delta Force game franchise exists; the Rainbow Six Siege Delta Force is purely an in-universe unit.
• Delta Force's in-game role emphasizes breaching and entry, with operators often equipped with high-tech gadgets for room clearing and explosive entry.

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