Ngũgĩ Muchoki "Wamai" Furaha - Shells

Real Name: Ngũgĩ Muchoki Furaha Organization:

• NIGHTHAVEN
• Rainbow
• Kenyan Navy (formerly) Position: Defender Birthplace: Lamu, Kenya Date of birth:;June 1 Age: 28 Height: 6'2" (1.87m) Weight: 183 Ibs (83kg) Appearances:
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• Tom Clancy's Elite Squad
• Dead By Daylight Voice Actor: Ike Amadi Health and Speed Rating: Medium (both)

Ngũgĩ Muchoki Furaha, codenamed Wamai, is a Defending Operator featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. He was introduced in the Operation Shifting Tides expansion alongside Kali.

Born to a fishing family on the coast of Kenya, Furaha spent his childhood hunting sharks and collecting lost treasures from the ocean floor of the Lamu Archipelago. It soon became apparent that he was able to stay underwater far longer than his peers, and medical exploration revealed an abnormal physiology that contributed to Furaha's long-held belief that he was “not from here.” When the opportunity arose to join the Kenyan Navy, and later the Kenya Special Boat Unit, he put his skills to good use. He quickly drew the attention of generals within the navy as well as the worldwide scientific community for his prolific and frequent record-breaking freedives. Part of his training is being in the clearing diving unit. In addition, Furaha joined operations such as Operation Indian Ocean and Operation Sledge Hammer. He later transitioned to NIGHTHAVEN, drawn by the promise of more down-time and a private boat to take him to where his next dive site might be.

In 2019, Furaha and other NIGHTHAVEN operatives answered a distress call on the super tanker Argus. Pirates attacked the ship and threatened to kill everyone onboard should they not receive command of the ship. NIGHTHAVEN was able to successfully neutralize the pirates without such incident. This incident later led Furaha, Kali, and by extension, NIGHTHAVEN, to be recruited into Rainbow.

In early 2022, Furaha was placed on Team Kali for the Six Invitational. At the conclusion of the event, Kali officially cut ties with Rainbow and managed to recruit some of the Rainbow operatives on their team into NIGHTHAVEN. Wamai and the other NIGHTHAVEN operatives supported Kali's decision and left the organization as well.

Shortly after defecting from Rainbow, Wamai and fellow Nighthaven operative Charlie "Grim" Keng Boon took part in a successful anti-piracy operation.

Psychological Profile Talking to Specialist Ngũgĩ Muchoki “Wamai” Furaha is like talking underwater. Words are exchanged, but it's not certain that meaning follows. [...] Surprisingly, I find myself refreshed by our exchanges. There's a purity that comes with free association, with being able to jump from one abstract concept to the next. Furaha senses, too, when other people are likely to get lost – at the moments where I find myself most without an anchor, his quick smile and change of topic reassure me that we have not gone beyond all human thought, never to return. [...] It makes me question whether I should be more flexible in my thought processes, followed quickly by wondering, if I were, who I would become. The existential questions raised by someone who spends their free time anoxic are not those we ask ourselves often. And, perhaps deprived of Furaha's particular sensitivity to these topics, I'm not certain I see value in them. His unaccustomed approach results in strategies that are completely alien. Furaha's ability to conceptualize 3D space in not just the horizontal but the vertical is something I've only seen in the most obsessive of pilots. Yet his internal dimension is surprisingly absent. I once spoke with a renowned monk who had spent his life in pursuit of “complete zero.” In him, I saw the same depth of being I see now in Furaha, but where many people's spirituality serves to shore up those parts of their personality that they most admire, theirs is the inverse. Furaha's life is in service to his spirituality. Anoxia is part of his addiction. In all of my consultations, I strive for neutrality. Furaha is a talented operator, capable, intelligent, and unpredictable. His ability to put a room at ease is invaluable. Yet one never has the sense that they hold the whole picture of him in their mind. Like the nitrogen that must disperse back into the diver's body before resurfacing, Furaha's true nature is diffuse. To define him would be to limit him, and I have the distinct sense that there is nothing he would despise more.

• Dr. Harishva "Harry" Pandey, (former) Director of Rainbow

Nighthaven Psych Note 08 recording: Wamai. Furaha is one of the most self-aware people I know. His contemplative nature is an edge that cannot be bought. His independence is an attractive example to others. Wamai also excels at making people comfortable by finding activities suited to them, and simply doing that with them. A trait that's been useful as of late, as we navigate divisive times. Wamai's presence keeps us united.

Loadout

• Primary

1. AUG A2 - Assault Rifle
2. MP5K - Submachine Gun

• Secondary

1. Keratos .357 - Handgun
2. P12 - Handgun
3. Super Shorty - Shotgun

• Gadget

1. Proximity Alarm x 2
2. Impact Grenade x 2
3. (Primary) Mag-NET x 6

"Thrown adhesive gadget that affects and captures an opponent's projectile, and then self-destructs to detonate it." In-game Description

The Mag-NET System is a thrown, adhesive gadget. It sticks to surfaces and walls. Its function is to attract an opponent's projectile to its position, reset the detonation timer, then exploding that projectile.

This way, not only can Wamai make Attackers' grenades and projectile gadgets useless, but he can also use strategic placement to turn those projectiles against them. There's nothing quite like a commandeered stun or frag grenade to turn the tide in Wamai's favor. Starting with one Mag-NET, Wamai regularly gains an additional charge up to a maximum of five. Make sure to place them wisely, as they can be destroyed with a single hit should they be spotted.

Device Evaluation Device: Magnetic Neutralizing Electronic Targeting (Mag-NET) System Operator: Specialist Ngũgĩ Muchoki "Wamai" Furaha Evaluation Lead: Emmanuelle "Twitch" Pichon, Project Lead Defense R&D

Mira -

Specialist Jaimini Kalimohan (Kali) Shah came to see me. Apparently Specialists Ngũgĩ Muchoki (Wamai) Furaha and Shuhrat (Fuze) Kessikbayev have been spending a lot of time in the shoot house, testing various strategies against each other. Kali was concerned that Fuze might be getting too familiar with her proprietary technology. So let's do just that.

As far as perimeter defense systems go, it's pretty smart for a "not-smart" object. Neodymium magnets, arranged in a Halbach cylinder, create the pull when an object of sufficient magnetic mass enters its detection radius. After that, the magnets pull the captured object apart, destroying the device itself in the process. This type of autothysis is wasteful, but effective. Much like Specialist Max (Mozzie) Goose's Pest, nothing is left for the enemy to analyze. Due to the alloys I use in our drones, they won't be affected. Other Operators are going to have to make a decision: Carry only Claymores or Breach Charges, or learn to recognize when the Mag-NET System is active. I will be doing both.

—Twitch

Trivia

• Ash strongly opposed Kali and Wamai's recruitment into Rainbow, telling Six he was "making a mistake".
• "Wamai" is a derived from the Swahili phrase "wa maji" (pronounced "wa ma-yi"), which means "of water", referencing Wamai's naval background.
• Wamai's middle and last name mean "happy hour" in Shona.
• In game, Kali considers Wamai to be one of the most attractive operators (as of Y7S3).
• On November 28, 2023, Wamai was added as a Very Rare Outfit for Adam Francis in the survival horror game Dead By Daylight. Wamai's skin is available for purchase from CHAPTER 9: Shattered Bloodline. onward.