▁game ▁is ▁placed ▁between ▁Rog ue ▁Spe ar ▁- ▁Urban ▁Oper ations ▁and ▁Rog ue ▁Spe ar ▁- ▁Cover t ▁O ps ▁Ess entials . ▁ ▁As ▁such , ▁it ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁set ▁in ▁an ▁alternate ▁tim eline ▁where ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁Cover ts ▁O ps ▁Ess entials ▁and ▁other ▁subsequent ▁titles ▁after ▁Urban ▁Oper ations ▁never ▁took ▁place ▁since ▁Take - Down ▁is ▁not ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Rain bow ▁Six ▁game ▁series . ▁ ▁Content ▁Major ▁differences ▁in ▁the ▁game ▁include ▁ 1 5 ▁South ▁Korean ▁Rain bow ▁oper atives , ▁ 2 6 ▁game ▁maps , ▁ 4 ▁Rain bow ▁ ▁uniform s , ▁and ▁ 1 5 ▁fire ar ms , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁show case ▁South ▁Korean - made ▁weapons ▁like ▁the ▁Da ew oo ▁K 2 ▁assault ▁rif le ▁and ▁the ▁Da ew oo ▁K 3 ▁light ▁machine ▁gun . ▁ ▁Non - S outh ▁Korean ▁oper atives ▁were ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁game ▁from ▁Rog ue ▁Spe ar ▁series , ▁including ▁D ing ▁Ch ave z , ▁Edd ie ▁Price , ▁Ark ady ▁Nov ik ov , ▁Tim othy ▁Han ley , ▁Jam al ▁Mur ad , ▁Santiago ▁Ar nav is ca , ▁Ann ika ▁L of qu ist ▁and ▁Ein ar ▁Peters en . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁ 1 . 0 3 ▁P atch ▁was ▁released ▁including ▁additional ▁miss ions ▁( Operation ▁Sil ent ▁Mare , ▁Operation ▁White ▁Zone ), ▁maps , ▁and