They also need to destroy the M-11 missiles, destroy a stockpile, and find and rescue Brian Hicks, another SSC contractor who failed the same mission. After the 9/11 attacks they are sent to Afghanistan to kill an Al-Qaeda terrorist named Mohammed Al-Habiib who seized a missile facility with Soviet M-11 missiles. Salem and Rios are now working for Security and Strategy Corporation. Salem and Rios begin work as Private Contractors. He agrees, asking to bring Salem and Rios with him as contractors, and in the following year, the three enter the private sector. After this mission, Philip Clyde invites Lieutenant Colonel Richard Dalton (CO for Salem and Rios's Ranger squad) to join the company for a desk job. Clyde makes Salem and Rios pull off the assassination themselves and clear out the extraction point without his assistance. Clyde's overly condescending attitude and behaviour disgust Salem and Rios. In Somalia, the two are tasked to work with Phillip Clyde, a private military contractor with the Security and Strategy Corporation (SSC), tasked with carrying out the assassination of powerful local warlord Abdullahi Mo'Alim. Sometime before 1993 Rios joined the US Army and sometime later joined the 75th Ranger Regiment where he met and befriended Elliot Salem. Rios tends not to take any crap from Salem, though the two banter easily, often joking even in the middle of a fight. Rios is the calming influence that Salem needs in battle and on missions, offering a different point of view on situations that Salem might otherwise over look. Rios tends be slightly protective of Salem at points in game, telling him to get into cover, or to watch himself and this is most likely due to the fact that Salem is the more trigger happy of the two and may find himself in precarious situations.ĭespite their differences in personalities, the pair of them compliment each other. Rios tends to be the more level headed of the pair, and it appears without Rios to keep him cool and on track, Salem may have a tendency to be more trigger happy than he is. The two have their differences yet they are still best of friends in the thick of things. Salem wants to do what gets him paid whereas Rios is tactical and a strong headed man who wants to do what he thinks he best. They each have their own opinions on things. Rios: " And you avoid bullshit in a warzone! Now get in the damn elevator!" Salem: ' "Oh no, an elevator? I'm not gonna die in a box! You should always avoid elevators during a fire."
The scar - from a accident in a past job- reminds him of a cardinal rule of engagement which he once broke and never again: never let your guard down. Rios never forgets his mistakes and always learns from them, like the reminder he carries on his face. Rios acts as a leader and a point of moral grounding for his less tame partner. He is careful in his movements, able to assess, adapt and think under pressure. All instinct, he becomes one with the battlefield. Proving his mettle on the battlefield as a US Army Ranger in Somalia, Rios and his partner Elliot Salem attracted the attention of their commanding officer, Richard Dalton - and eventually, a small private military contracting firm called Security and Strategy Corporation. His tough resolve, readiness to fight, and love of heavy weaponry made him a perfect match for the US Army. Tyson Rios is one of those few.īuilt like a Mack truck, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall and raised on the mean streets of Brooklyn, Rios is a natural warrior - born to be a soldier. Some men are born with instincts and some men are born with muscle and faith. Unable to continue to work in the field Rios commands TWO operatives as an executive.
However Rios' life of combat eventually came to a tragic end when his left leg was badly damaged due to a car explosion and the presumed death of Salem.
Tyson Rios is one of the two main protagonists of the Army of Two series he originally worked for SSC with his long time partner Elliot Salem until the two decided to leave and form their own private military firm called TWO (Tactical Worldwide Operations). Founder, Executive, Pilot (Former-Field Operative)
United States Army Rangers 75th Regiment (formerly)