Duke

A special forces officer who is the leader of the Ghost squad.

• A Father to His Men: He has his moments, particularly when he outright threatened Aydana when he though she may have harmed Banshee.
• The Hero
• Macross Missile Massacre: His missile attacks, especially when using the Limit Break "Wide Impact".
• Standardized Leader: Nothing about him really stands out personality-wise. This is even lampshaded in the manual which described him as "coming from a long line of West Point graduates".
• Team Dad: Even Richter called him pops.

Haze

A long established member of the ghosts, Haze tend to be the voice of reason and is the squad's second in command.

• Cold Sniper
• The Lancer
• Token Minority: The only Asian in the squad.
• The Spock: He favors whatever gets the mission done fast. In one mission, he preferred not to rescue the hostages despite pleading from the escaped security guard.

Richter

Transferred from the Green Berets, Richter tend to be the Fun Personified in the squad and likes to poke fun at the new recruits.

• Bald of Awesome
• The Big Guy
• Boisterous Bruiser
• More Dakka: His primary weapons which are machine guns.
• The Nicknamer: He calls his squad mates by nicknames.
  • He calls Duke pops
  • He calls Saffron mom
  • He calls Mint freshman
• Scary Black Man
• Token Black

Saffron

A former Navy Medic who became the Ghost squad's medic.

• The Chick
• The Medic
  • Combat Medic
• The Heart
• Team Mom: Even Richter calls her mom.

Banshee

A loner who became a Recon

• Action Girl
• Anti-Hero: The fact that she has the ability "cold-blooded killer" implies that she may be one.
• Deadpan Snarker: She has her moments.
• Fiery Redhead
• I Work Alone: The reason she became a recon.
• Knife Nut: Her secondary weapon is a knife.
• Redheaded Heroine

Mint

The newest recruit for the ghosts.

• Mr. Fixit
• Naïve Newcomer: Ritcher likes to poke fun at this by calling him freshman.
• The Smart Guy

Ghost Lead

The leader of all Ghost squads and directs the squad's missions. He was a former Ghost.

• Mission Control
• No Name Given
• Voice with an Internet Connection

Aydana Kozlova

A Kazakh commando the Ghosts encounter.

• Action Girl
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Scarf of Asskicking
• Sixth Ranger Traitor: Subverted

Vladimir Morozov

Strashin's right hand man who lead Zemya's attacks.

• The Dragon

Yaroslav Demidov

A member of the defunct Russian Royalty, Demidov joined Strashin because he was promised that the monarchy would be restored under his rule.

• Aristocrats Are Evil: Though much milder than most examples.
• Blue Blood
• Even Evil Has Standards: He was repulsed when Morozov decided to leave his troops to their deaths. In general, he didn't like all the violence done by Zemya but only put up with it because they promised him that they will return the monarchy to Russia.

General Strashin

The leader of Zemya who wants to take over Russia.

• Ax Crazy
• Big Bad

Yuri Treskayev

An ultranationalist politician who hired Strashin and Morozov to destabilize Russia and her neighbors so that he can be elected over the incumbent.

• Bigger Bad: In regards to the Zemya.