Response (SASR)

## Response

> *"People don't understand just how powerful every word they say is. A single word could be the difference between life and death - in this case, your life or death."*
> - Riley "Response" Knight
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Riley "Response" Knight is a Defending Operator of Team Rainbow. He specializes in intelligence acquisition and communications.

Response is created by Rexcaliburr (Jxckalito)

## Biography

Knight was raised in a household of technologically advanced people. His parents both worked in tech and his father was formerly part of the Australian Defence Force but left to raise Knight when he was born as Knight's mother worked late nights. Following with his family's interests, Knight studied IT and Communications in university.

Shortly after graduating and receiving his degree, Knight's father passed away from declining health and complications and Knight abandoned his plans to work in IT and joined the Australian Defence Force in honour of his father. People had remembered Knight's father and held him to the same high expectations, and Knight was later picked to joined the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR).

In the SASR, Knight learned off-road riding but chose to specialise in intelligence and communications to remind him of his roots and also to honour his late father. He was deployed during Operation Slipper where he served until the Operation's conclusion and played a vital role in tapping into enemy communication lines with his expertise and leaking information from the enemy to the Australian forces.

During his deployment in Operation Slipper, he was testing out a new prototype of the Connection Tap. While he was camped out in a building, enemy forces found his location and tossed C4 into the room. In his effort to get out, the C4 was detonated and he earned multiple scars. He was pulled temporarily and fixed up before he returned to the field two weeks later.

When he returned to Australia after his deployment, he was informed by his superior officer that Rainbow had extended an invitation for him to join them, and he accepted the offer.

### Psychological Report

*Specialist Riley "Response" Knight is on the surface, reserved and quiet, preferring to observe than to speak. Upon getting to know him better, he seems to open up well to those he trusts, including his superior officers and teammates.*

*To my understanding, Knight had not initially planned to join the military in any way, but after his father's passing decided to honour him and take his place in the ADF, where he excelled. This proves to me that Knight holds his father in a very high place, and has his regrets about not having spent more time together before his father's passing.*

*Knight is very much a listener over a talker, and when it comes to being able to integrate with the CRT, this makes him very preferable. The CRT already has a lot of extroverted members who are talkers, but it was raised to be by several members that this did cause some tension because people kept talking and no one was listening except the small handful. Knight's preference to listen made others eager to accept him without him having to push himself out of his comfort zone and act out of character.*

*I've seen that Knight is very logical, but often looks for creative solutions to unexpected problems. His ability to analyse situations and see every possible reaction and consequence makes him an invaluable asset to the team and on operations. I do believe that this will be very useful in high-risk operations that he will partake in as part of the CRT.*

*I have heard of how vital he was to the success of Operation Slipper and his talent in communication and network hacking, and he appears to be very passionate talking about such things.*

*Knight does appear to be set off when his father is spoken of negatively and is unafraid of voicing his disagreements, loudly even. I did witness him confront another ADF soldier when Knight's father was remarked negatively, and it does come as a surprise that such a quiet man can react so explosively..*

- Dr. Harishva Pandey, Director of Rainbow

## Gameplay Description

As a fast-speed, weak-armour Operator, Response is equipped with the Connection Tap, which is a small digital device that can be attached to any wall, floor, or surface. The Tap has a wide scan radius and enemies who remain the radius for more than a few seconds will have their footsteps made louder to Response, as well as being pinged once every 4 seconds. The effect is refreshed whenever an enemy steps into the radius of the Tap while it is already active.

* Response's Connection Tap appears as a small spherical device with a microphone.
* The Connection Tap can be destroyed with bullet damage, explosive damage (Claymores, Nitro Cells, Frag Grenades, Impact Grenades), or melee damage.
* Enemies affected by the Connection Tap will be notified for the duration of the effect.

## Loadout

### Primary

M4A5 MK18 (Assault Rifle)Winchester 1200 (Shotgun)

### Unique Gadget

Connection Tap

*"Specialist Knight is very right about how impactful sounds can be. He certainly has the brains to analyse everything he hears through his little mics."*

- Mozzie

The Connection Tap was designed to be able to gain intelligence in a way that was fast, easy, and reduced risking exposure of allies. While many former ideas and prototypes of the Connection Tap were bulky and complicated and involved accessing enemy networks, it was eventually decided that simply being able to hear what the enemy said and their footsteps to determine location and plans would be just as efficient. The Connection Tap also feeds back to the user the approximate location where sound was detected from.

### Ability Evaluation

Device: Connection Tap

Operator: Riley "Response" Knight

Evaluation Lead: Max "Mozzie" Goose with Riley "Response" Knight

*I've seen Knight around before back in the SASR, but I mostly knew his dad. Shame he had to kick it.*

*(Comment\_R. Knight: Oi. Not here to discuss my dad.)*

*(Comment\_M. Goose: What, he was a nice guy.)*

*(Comment\_R. Knight: You weren't even working in comms. The evaluation?)*

*Right, right, the evaluation. The Connection Tap's all about being discreet - usually people are all over visuals for intel, but audio does the job right if you know what to look for, and Knight sure knows what to look for when he's picking apart audio. Not needing cameras or anything but bare bones makes the tap lighter, smaller, and easier to hide which is exactly what he wants.*

*It does take someone who knows how to analyze audio to really make full use of it, but Knight's got that down pat.*

*(Comment\_M. Goose: Also no I didn't work in comms but I knew him.)*

*(Comment\_R. Knight: Fine.)*

- Max "Mozzie" Goose