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COT

Brava

Nayara "Brava" Cardoso

"Sometimes the only path to justice is through a bullet..."

Voiced by: Valeria Silva (EN)
Date of Birth: January 10
Age: 40
Team: Attackers
Squad: Viperstrike

Capitão's cousin, a former criminal prosecutor, and a high-ranking officer within the Polícia Federal, Brava deploys a Kludge Drone that can hack enemy electronic devices from a distance and turn them over to her team.

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• Crusading Lawyer: Brava used to be one, until she grew disillusioned with the judicial system and decided to become a police officer instead.
• Drone Deployer: Like Twitch, Brava has two special drones in conjunction with her regular ones that most Attackers only have on their kit.
• Frontline General: A police variant: Brava was already a Commissioner within the Polícia Federal by the time she joined the Comando de Operações Táticas (COT). Granted, hers is said to be a very exceptional case, but joining COT means she can now (theoretically) issue a warrant for a police raid and then lead a unit to carry out that same raid.
• Hack Your Enemy: Similar to Mozzie, but for the Attackers. Brava's Kludge Drones can hijack most Defender electronics from afar and switch them over to her side for the rest of the round. Fittingly, Mozzie can also steal her Kludge Drone using his Pests and have it hack Attacker gadgets instead. Furthermore, he can re-hack stolen Defender gadgets and claim them for himself.
• Married to the Job: By her own admission, "personal relationships are distracting" and she is distant to almost everyone, including her own cousin.
• Sadistic Choice: Subjected to this in the Year 8 cinematic Brava's Interception, where things go awry in Viperstrike's attempt to take down Deimos. Either Brava lets go of Capitão's hand and let him fall to his death so that she can shoot Deimos, or she rescues Capitão and let Deimos escape. Unwilling to let her cousin die, she chooses the latter - a decision that would haunt her and her comrades for a while, even if they all agree it's the right thing to do at the time.
• A Taste of Their Own Medicine: With Brava around, she can have Defenders trigger their own traps or be affected by their own crowd-control or anti-gadget devices. Defender cameras, including the normal CCTVs found in any map, are particularly juicy targets since Attackers will gain permanent access to a camera's feeds once it's hacked.

Unaffiliated

Fenrir

Emil "Fenrir" Svensson

"Fear is a teacher. There's always a lesson to be learned."

Voiced by: Jack Hawkins (EN)

Date of Birth: December 3
Age: 34
Team: Defenders
Squad: Redhammer

A neurochemist from the Swedish special forces and a defector from Deimos's organization, Fenrir has remote-activated, bulletproof F-NATT Dread Mines that release a hallucinogen within their radius, temporarily obscuring the vision of any enemy who draws near.

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• The Atoner: Fenrir sought out Team Rainbow when Deimos used his experimental neurochemical on his colleagues. By his own admission, Fenrir only agreed to work for Deimos out of desperation, not realizing that the man was actually going to use his research to cause suffering.
• Dark Is Not Evil: His overall getup fits very well in an evil organization, which indeed Fenrir used to be a member of. That said, he is now working for Team Rainbow and he seems genuine in his desire to make amends by bringing Deimos down.
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: He has a rather macabre appearance for a soldier, with his pale complexion, sleek black hair, and eye bags.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: Fenrir actually used to be a member of the Särskilda operationsgruppen (SOG), one of the Swedish Armed Forces's elite commando units. Unfortunately, he was kicked out of SOG due to his neurochemistry research, presumably because his superiors thought it was excessive and inhumane.
• Mechanically Unusual Class: Fenrir is another Defender with deployable, bulletproof special gadgets. The catch, however, is that Fenrir also has to babysit his Dread Mines, as only a number of them can be activated at any given time, while the rest remain inert throughout the round. Furthermore, Fenrir must reactivate his Mines every time they go off, incentivizing him to stay alive for as long as possible.
• Reformed, but Rejected: Despite being a valuable asset against Deimos, Fenrir is still distrusted by a huge chunk of Team Rainbow due to his previous affiliation with the guy, as well as the fact that the Swedish military kicked him out for his scientific pursuits. Kaid is downright hostile towards Fenrir, Jackal and Alibi are suspicious of his motives, whereas his captain Thermite is at least willing to work with him, even though he isn't too thrilled about the idea either.
• Reluctant Mad Scientist: Fenrir only ever wanted for his neurochemistry research to benefit his fellow soldiers. Unfortunately, the Swedish military thought otherwise and gave him the boot, thus driving him into Deimos's arms... only for the man to use his research for his own nefarious ends instead. According to the Technical Evaluation for the F-NATT Dread Mines, Fenrir's neurochemical is indeed unsettling when used as a weapon, but it also has potential therapeutic benefits if tweaked properly. Fenrir also has no qualms about testing the chemical on himself to prove its effectiveness.
• Supernatural Fear Inducer: The F-NATT Dread Mines release a special neurochemical that screws with the human brain. This is portrayed in-game as the victim(s) hallucinating an opaque purple fog around them that reduces their vision range, leaving them vulnerable to other Defenders.
• Trap Master: Fenrir's traps assist his team in gaining a decisive edge over his opponents. His ability to see which mines are triggered also provides valuable intel on where the attackers are pushing.

35th Commando Battalion

Ram

Bo-Ram Choi

"I may not have family, but I have Redhammer."

Date of Birth: April 25
Age: 37
Team: Attackers
Squad: Redhammer

An orphan and a veteran sergeant in the South Korean Army's Tarantula Unit, Ram deploys a bulletproof BU-GI Auto-Breacher that drives itself to a predetermined direction, destroying soft surfaces and enemy equipment along the way before self-destructing.

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• Amazon Brigade: Ram comes from one: the 35th Commando Battalion of the Central Defence Command, nicknamed the "Tarantula Unit". Her bio also states that only high-ranking officers or NCOs are allowed to try out for this unit, making it even more exclusive and tight-knit.
• Attack Its Weak Point: While the BU-GI is practically immune to gunfire and many kinds of Defender deployables, the drone has a red cylinder on its back that can be shot off to instantly destroy it.
• Chainsaw Good: The BU-GI wreaks havoc via a series of buzzsaws in front of its chassis, which can penetrate soft walls, wooden planks, deployable shields, and the like. However, they're not powerful enough to punch through reinforced surfaces.
• Goggles Do Nothing: Ram's default headgear comes with a set of panoramic night vision goggles that serve no gameplay purpose whatsoever.
• It's Personal: Though Ram has always been eyed as a potential recruit for Redhammer, Deimos's attack on Seoul and subsequent killing of her closest friends and comrades made it all the more important for her to join the team and help them hunt the guy down.
• Parental Abandonment: Part of Ram's backstory is that she was left at a fire station as an infant and she grew up in foster homes until she was old enough to join the military. Thankfully, she doesn't appear to have a chip on her shoulder over her being an orphan.
• Power Creep: Basically took over Sledge and Buck's role of ripping up floors above objective rooms to establish vertical control.
• Red Baron: Zig-zagged. Ram itself may be her name per se, but it just so happens to explain what her gadget does.
• Sergeant Rock: Ram is this to her former unit, serving as a Sang-sa (Sergeant First Class) who leads and mentors other soldiers like she's their "big sister". Thermite is even convinced that she possesses more than enough leadership skills that she could replace him as Team Captain of Redhammer should he ever bite the dust.

DAE

Tubarão

Isaac "Tubarão" Nunes Oliveira

"Acceptable casualties? Nah."

Voiced by: Emmett Preciado
Date of Birth: April 25
Age: 35
Team: Defenders
Squad: Wolfguard

A marine sports enthusiast and former humanitarian worker, Tubarão is equipped with the Zoto Canister, a throwable ice grenade that can slow enemies, freeze devices to pause their deployment and prevent use, and even leave footprints behind if the frozen area is walked on.

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• Affectionate Nickname: His good friend Blackbeard calls him 'Tubs'.
• Artistic License – Physics: Disregarding the speed at which the Zoto Canister can freeze inanimate objects and lock them into place, the resulting ice shouldn't just thaw away in a matter of seconds, nor should it leave affected objects completely unscathed from ice damage, especially for electronic gadgets.
• Instant Ice: Just Add Cold!: The Zoto Canister works by combining liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen, creating a localized, snap freezing effect regardless of how much humidity or water is present in the surrounding area.
• The Needs of the Many: Defied. Tubarão is firmly against this mindset and he goes through great lengths to avoid any action that could result in needless civilian casualties. This is also why he designed the Zoto Canister in the first place, as he prefers to disable a threat and save as many lives as possible than take a more expedient course of action.
• Meaningful Name: It can be thought that "Zoto" is a clipping from "azoto", Portuguese for nitrogen, one of the components in the gadget itself.
• Necessary Drawback: The Zoto disables all gadgets in its radius, Attacker or Defender. While it can buy valuable time to stop a breach, hard breach gadgets will still be on their original timer and Bandit and Kaid still need expert timing to replace their gadgets as soon as the effect ends. Nitro cells also don't function within its radius, which makes it not as useful for tracking and exploding opponents.
• Semper Fi: He's part of the Destacamento de Acções Especiais (DAE), or Special Actions Detachment, of the Portuguese Marine Corps (also collectively known as Fuzileiros or Fuzos).
• Trans Tribulations: Tubarão's Psychological Profile mentions that he is trans and he had to fight "twice as hard" to earn his place in the DAE, but the matter isn't elaborated further.