Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear: Black Thorn, is a new stand-alone mission pack that will be one of the greatest challenges the Rainbow team has had to face. The world has seen copycat killers before, but for the first time copycat terrorists are recreating some of the most dangerous terrorist acts that have plagued our past. They may not take place in the same location, but the Rainbow team will be face-to-face with the same tactical situations that made headlines in the past. The players must discover if the acts are random or if there is a single mastermind controlling this deadly operation. Pay close attention to the details received from intelligence and don't repeat the same mistakes that were made in the past. The world is depending on you again.
In Black Thorn, you must lead RAINBOW, a covert international counter-terrorist team set up to combat terrorism around the world. As part of the operations assigned to you, you must select team members and equip them with weapons, plan the actions your team will take, and then execute the missions to achieve the objective. The game consists of 10 campaign-driven missions and six brand new multi-player maps.
The Black Thorn campaign takes place after the Urban Operations and Covert Ops Essentials. If you've played either of these, you'll be familiar with the set-up. Some additions have been made, however, such as new weapons and a new multi-player mode.