Rainbow Six Siege’s “Operation North Star” Defender Thunderbird Showcased in New Trailer

Over the weekend Ubisoft revealed starting time details about Rainbow Six Siege Yr six, Flavor 2, entitled Performance North Star, including it's new Defender, Thunderbird. Real name Mina Heaven, Thunderbird is an Ethnic healer/medic who hails from the Nakoda tribes who originally lived in Montana and Western Canada. You can check out a quick cinematic introduction to Thunderbird, below.

And here's the full Thunderbird gameplay reveal…

For those who don't have time to picket the total video, Thunderbird'due south gadget is the Kona Healing Station, which she can plant wherever she wants. The healing station can deploy health multiple times (on a cooldown), but watch out – your enemies can also have reward of information technology, so it's probably all-time to move information technology around frequently or hide information technology in tricky locations. Oh, and just because she'south a healer, doesn't mean Thunderbird is caught – she goes into battle with either the Spear .308 assault burglarize or SPAS-15 shotgun, with the Bearing 9 or Q-929 as her secondary.

Of course, Performance Northward Star will include various other features in improver to Thunderbird, including a Favela map rework and more than. Here'south a quick rundown the RSS team in Montreal, Canada is working on…

North Star is the next flavour of R6 and it'southward delivering Operator gadget tweaks for Smoke, Mira, Maestro, and Melusi, as well as numerous game improvements, including some big changes to barrel attachments. The Favela map has also been reworked into a night map, with a more interconnected floor plan and a lot fewer destructible exterior walls.

Rainbow Half dozen Siege is available at present on PC, Xbox Ane, Xbox Series X/Due south, PS4, and PS5. Performance Due north Star hits test servers tomorrow. No word yet on when the adjacent flavor will roll out to everyone, but they typically remain in testing for ii or three weeks earlier launching.