When playing alone, I actively skip this objective, or even just extract on arrival if it's combined with some other nasty goals. More often than not, the charge location is somewhere that isn't particularly defensible, and even with an Operator with area denial tools, it's way too easy to be overrun and lose either the charge or your Operator. Solo, though, even though there's only one charge to defend, it's a nightmare. With three, it's an absolute breeze, since you can have one person in each area with a roamer helping out as needed, while with two, the difficulty feels just about right. For two- or three-player squads, there are two charges to place in adjacent areas, which must be defended from an Archean horde for around two minutes. The balance issue I mentioned earlier comes in the fact that even though the game tries to tailor objectives to your team size, it doesn't do a particularly good job with some of them. It's not every day that a game offers you the option to simply say no to an objective and move on, and it's always a joy to be able to nope out at your leisure. This is arguably one of the game's most interesting mechanics, especially when playing with a group - three-person teams make perfect sense once you've been dragged into a debate with your team about whether to cut your losses or press on, as there's no chance of a hung vote and every major decision (like activating airlocks and requesting exfiltration) requires a majority verdict to trigger. You can extract at any time to bank the XP you've earned so far (as well as a hefty survival bonus), skip straight to the airlock if a particular objective seems too rough, or try your luck even when supplies are running low and risk your Operator going MIA should they go down. At each step, there's a choice to be made. After picking your map of choice from the 12 on offer (nine of which need to be unlocked), you're assigned a random trio of objectives - one for each sub-area of the map, which are broken up with airlocks where you can resupply and prep for the next task. I'll hit that last one first, as it's a good way to launch into talking about what you actually do in Rainbow Six Extraction. In fact, I'd take that further and posit that there are notable balance issues throughout Extraction, in everything from Operators to maps and research tasks to objectives. It always feels a bit cheap and unsatisfying to see a hulking Smasher come thundering down a corridor only to be thwarted by a cloud of gas and a deadly tap on the shoulder, and whether or not it's a problem per se will come down to personal preference - you can always choose not to use them if you find they cheapen the experience, although if you're having to implement self-imposed restrictions like that, it's probably safe to say that there's a bit of a balance issue. They're just that good, to the point that Operators who get the extra tech capacity perk are instantly made that much more desirable. But others are too situational to warrant this valuable slot (Field Walls are great, but only useful when Spikers and Tormentors are prevalent, which you'll never know until you make contact), and unless you've got a tight pre-made team all working to specific roles with one dedicated smoker, it's extremely hard to trade smoke grenades for anything else. mines are always useful when you're faced with an area control objective, or timed explosives can help in setting an entire cluster of Nests to blow at once. Sure, some of the other options for this tech slot are solid picks (you can find more on this in our in-depth Rainbow Six Extraction Operators guide). Or, if things have taken a turn for the worse and you're in GTFO Mode, drop smoke at your feet as you run away, then laugh as your extraterrestrial nemeses are foiled by a little cloud and you live to fight another day. Alternatively, they're an amazing defensive tool, too - pop smoke in a choke point as a horde comes your way and it'll fry their weird alien brains (not that they have brains, but whatever) and slow them to a crawl, and combine this with a scanning device to tag them and you can easily pick them off before they even emerge from the gas.
ENEMY FRONT ACHIEVEMENTS FREE
Enemies caught in the smoke just go completely braindead, leading to free (and almost completely safe) instant takedowns on even some of the most challenging foes in the game.
None of that extra stuff matters, though, as you will likely never need (or want) to take smokes off, because they are just absurdly powerful. Smoke grenades are the very first piece of REACT tech unlocked, available to all Operators from the moment you start the game and equipped by default until you research more gear via progression.
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