Breanna Stockard, director, Department of Defense Office of Special Technology; Whiplash Director, DoD
Jonathan Reid, special assistant to CIA deputy director and Whiplash Director, DoD
Colonel Danny Freah, U.S. Air Force, commander, Whiplash
Captain Turk Mako, U.S. Air Force, pilot, assigned to Office of Special Technology/Whiplash
Lieutenant Li Pike, U.S. Air Force, pilot, Turk’s girlfriend
Ray Rubeo, President and CEO, Applied Intelligence (key consultant and contractor to the Office of Special Technology)
President Christine Todd
Senator Jeff “Zen” Stockard, member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees (Breanna’s husband)
Shahin Gorud, CIA paramilitary operative in Iran
Captain Thomas Granderson, commander of Delta Force special task group operating in Iran
Jeff “Grease” Ransom, Delta Force sergeant, assigned as Turk’s personal bodyguard
First Air General Ari Shirazi, head of the Iranian Air Force
Captain Parsa Vahid, Iranian air force pilot
Lieutenant Nima Kayvan, Vahid’s squadron mate
Colonel Zal Vafa Khorasani, Pasdaran political officer