Editing MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Characters

This article lists the scripted '''Characters''' featured in ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'' and includes pilot skills where applicable.

==Main Protagonists==
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[[Nik's Cavaliers|Cavaliers]] senior staff:
* [[Fahad Arazad]]
* [[Ryana Campbell]]
* [[Jake Mason]]
* [[Nikolai Mason]]
* [[Sebastian Spears]] ([[Interstellar Expeditions]])
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Those with significant roles in the DLCs:
* [[Li Cheng]]
* [[Alanna Damu]]
* [[Jackson Davion]]
* [[Kent Gerber]]
* [[Haakon Magnusson]]
* [[Christian Månsdottir]]
* [[Richard Westrick]]
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==Campaign Villains==
Named characters from [[Black Inferno]]:
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* [[Andreas Kane]]
* [[Koval]]
* [[Kruger (Black Inferno)|Captain Kruger]]
* [[Mikko Semyonov]]
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* [[Mathew Taggart]]
* [[Kenzo Yamata]] ([[ComStar]])
* [[Zavarov|Tetyana Zavarov]]
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==Scripted Employable Pilots==
With the exception of [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests#.22Heya Ryana.2C I.27m Back.21.22 .28Heroes of the Inner Sphere.29|Goblin]] and [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests#Rival Intel|Raptor]], the Cavaliers pick up these pilots after completing various scripted missions.
{| class="wikitable mw-datatable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Name
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Ballistic
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Energy
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Missile
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Shielding
! scope="col" style="max-width:7.5em" | Heat Management
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Evasion
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Total
|- 
| [[Shintaro Abe]]
| 7/10
| 4/6
| 5/5
| 7/10
| 5/7
| 5/5
| 33/43
|- 
| [[Louise Fenstrom]]
| 3/8
| 4/8
| 4/8
| 2/6
| 5/6
| 1/6
| 19/42
|- 
| [[Leon Freeman]]
| 1/8
| 2/8
| 1/7
| 1/6
| 1/6
| 1/8
| 7/43
|- 
| [[Ari Fuji]]
| 5/7
| 7/10
| 5/6
| 7/8
| 5/7
| 8/10
| 37/48
|- 
| [[Cornelius Kaffenberger III|"Goblin"]]
| 1/7
| 3/7
| 3/8
| 2/8
| 3/7
| 3/9
| 15/46
|- 
| [[Akira Ohtani]]
| 5/6
| 5/6
| 8/10
| 6/7
| 7/10
| 8/8
| 39/47
|- 
| [[Raptor (MechWarrior)|"Raptor"]]
| 7/10
| 3/10
| 5/10
| 7/10
| 5/10
| 4/10
| 31/60
|-
| [[Milla Serena]]
| 6/6
| 8/10
| 6/6
| 6/8
| 6/8
| 6/9
| 38/47
|- 
| [[Dimitri Shenzeng]]
| 3/8
| 4/8
| 4/8
| 2/6
| 5/6
| 1/6
| 19/42
|- 
| [[Miasto Stabjorn]]
| 8/10
| 4/5
| 4/6
| 8/10
| 8/9
| 5/7
| 37/47
|- 
|}

==Other Scripted Characters==
Representatives of the [[Successor States]], independent and mercenary companies, and various [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Factions#Outlaws|pirate groups]] that appear in the [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests|High Reward Quests]] and various DLC campaigns:
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* [[Derrick Cameron-Jones]]
* [[Roland Colt]]
* [[Eichmann (Lyran Guards)|Colonel Eichmann]]
* [[Iago Herrera]]
* [[Walter Jackson]]
* [[Order of Five Pillars#Organization|Neophyte]] [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests#.22Shadow War: Dragon.27s Breath.22 - Rogue_Cluster|Jasmine]]
* [[Venessa Jym]]
* [[Angus Kempf]]
* [[Daxa Mahat]]
* [[Richard Markson]]
* [[Nachtnebel|Colonel Nachtnebel]]
* [[David Osumi]]
* [[Luukas Ranta]]
* [[Richard Saito]]
* [[Pavel Shenzeng]]
* [[Shane Shimizu]]
* [[Karis So]]
* [[Stevens (Lyran Guards)|Lt. General Stevens]]
* [[Ishmael Stroud]]
* [[Ravid Stroud]]
* [[Jules Tanaka]]
* [[Sebastian Tseng]]
* [[Hester Troy]]
* [[Lucius Ueda]]
* [[Victor Vogel]]
* [[Josh Vorsythe]]
* [[Vulpes (Federated Suns)|MIIO Agent Vulpes]]
* [[Anders Willman]]
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===Heroes of the Inner Sphere===
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* [[Henrik Cole]]
* [[Samantha Cole]]
* [[Thaddeus Cole]]
* [[Tyler Erickson]]
* [[High Lord Fransson]]
* [[Nicholas Haas]]
* [[C.H.G. Keller]]
* [[Bowen Kincaid]]
* [[Kate Kincaid]]
* [[Oliver Kincaid]]
* [[Miller (Broker)|Miller]]
* [[Casper Owens]]
* [[Yaros Regas]]
* [[Stanislaus Rozurski]]
* [[Wilhelm Shaw]]
* [[Lionel Stanz]]
* [[Silvan Vaughn]]
* [[Aditi Whidbey]]
* [[Pete Williams]]
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===Legend of the Kestrel Lancers===
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* [[Blackburn (El Giza Ghost Riders)|Capt. Blackburn]]
* [[Edmond Brooks]]
* [[Grant Carter]]
* [[Jeffrey Collins]]
* [[Hanse Davion]]
* [[Matt Garner]]
* [[Morton Grenadine]]
* [[Kimathi (1st Canopian Fusiliers)|Colonel Kimathi]]
* [[Archibald McCarron]]
* [[Jessie Pedroza]]
* [[Elias von Richter]]
* [[Emil von Richter]]
* [[Smirnov|Capt. Smirnov]]
* [[Ardan Sortek]]
* [[Melissa Steiner]]
* [[Satoshi Takeda]]
* [[Alex Turner]]
* [[Philip Woolridge]]
* [[Steven Zaks]]
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===Call to Arms===
* [[Emma Klein]]
* [[Tobias Klein]]

===Rise of Rasalhague===
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* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Nicole Kelswa]]
* [[Alexander Kurita]]
* [[Marcus Kurita]]
* [[Theodore Kurita (31st c.)|Theodore Kurita]]
* [[Ly (Draconis Combine)|Capt. Ly]]
* [[Tor Miraborg]]
* [[Martin Sandoval]]
* [[Goshi Tengwan]]
{{div col end}}

===The Dragon's Gambit===
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* [[Omari Ali]]
* [[Allistair|Lt. Col. Allistair]]
* [[Duke of Auldhouse|Duke]] [[Bellinghausen]]
* [[Carlos Camacho]]
* [[Anastasius Focht]]
* [[Sharilar Mori]]
* [[Michi Noketsuna]]
* [[Christine Nordica]]
* [[Fengo Olesko]]
* [[Rhonda Snord]]
{{div col end}}

===Solaris Showdown===
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* [[Ava Masters]]
* [[Duncan Fisher]]
* [[Caleb Rourke]]
* [[Cotton Bateman]]
* [[Jackson Prime]]
* [[Lawrence Bonham]]
* [[Lucan Torin]]
* [[Randal Logan]]
* [[Reggie Philburn]]
* Ronan
* [[Terry Zee]]
* [[Travis Sherk]]
* [[Wayne Dyr]]
* [[Wolfgang Hansen]]
{{div col end}}

==Career Mode Pilots==
Introduced with ''Heroes of the Inner Sphere'', Career Mode provides new starting points with each of the Great Houses, each with a predefined starter lance of 'Mechs and named pilots, and a generic version of Mason called merely "Commander" for the player.
{| class="wikitable mw-datatable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Name
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Ballistic
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Energy
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Missile
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Shielding
! scope="col" style="max-width:7.5em" | Heat Management
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Evasion
! scope="col" style="padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em;" | Total
|- 
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | [[House Davion]]
|-
| [[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Cecile Laurent]]
| 2/6
| 1/5
| 1/3
| 2/4
| 1/1
| 1/3
| 8/22
|- 
| Lt. [[Lukas Beaumont]]
| 1/5
| 2/4
| 1/1
| 2/5
| 1/2
| 2/5
| 9/22
|- 
| Lt. [[Shaun Velez]]
| 1/3
| 1/1
| 1/4
| 1/4
| 1/4
| 3/5
| 8/21
|- 
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | [[House Kurita]]
|-
| ''[[Chu-i]]'' [[Ashaki Nazari]]
| 1/1
| 3/6
| 1/4
| 2/4
| 1/5
| 1/2
| 9/22
|- 
| ''Chu-i'' [[Hayato Ito]]
| 1/1
| 1/4
| 2/5
| 1/3
| 2/4
| 2/6
| 9/23
|- 
| ''Chu-i'' [[Nia Abara]]
| 2/6
| 1/5
| 1/5
| 2/4
| 1/2
| 2/3
| 9/25
|- 
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | [[House Liao]]
|-
| ''[[Sao-wei]]'' [[Dexter Fong]]
| 1/3
| 2/4
| 1/4
| 2/4
| 1/4
| 2/5
| 9/24
|- 
| ''Sao-wei'' [[Nicolai Ivanov]]
| 2/4
| 1/2
| 2/4
| 2/6
| 1/4
| 1/3
| 9/23
|- 
| ''Sao-wei'' [[Tori Liu]]
| 1/3
| 2/5
| 1/2
| 2/4
| 2/5
| 1/2
| 9/21
|-
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | [[House Marik]]
|-
| Lt. [[Victor Ambriz]]
| 1/2
| 2/4
| 1/3
| 2/6
| 2/6
| 1/4
| 9/25
|- 
| Lt. [[Kevin Armstrong]]
| 1/5
| 1/5
| 1/5
| 3/6
| 1/4
| 1/2
| 8/27
|- 
| Lt. [[Lina Santiago]]
| 1/4
| 1/3
| 2/5
| 2/4
| 1/2
| 2/5
| 9/23
|- 
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | [[House Steiner]]
|-
| Lt. [[Coner Murphy]]
| 1/2
| 1/3
| 2/5
| 2/5
| 1/2
| 2/6
| 9/23
|- 
| Lt. [[Greda Weber]]
| 1/2
| 2/4
| 2/4
| 2/6
| 1/4
| 1/2
| 9/22
|- 
| Lt. [[Rebecca McCleary]]
| 1/2
| 2/4
| 1/3
| 1/3
| 2/6
| 2/5
| 9/23
|-
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
|-
| Lt. [[Dahlia Eskildsen]]
| 1/3
| 2/5
| 1/4
| 2/3
| 2/4
| 1/3
| 9/22
|- 
| Lt. [[Gunnar Thomson]]
| 1/6
| 1/2
| 2/5
| 1/2
| 2/3
| 2/3
| 9/21
|- 
| Lt. [[Karina Tanaka]]
| 1/3
| 2/5
| 1/4
| 1/3
| 2/5
| 2/4
| 9/24
|-
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal;" | Call to Arms / Legend of the Kestrel Lancers / Rise of Rasalhague
|-
| ''Sao-wei'' [[Tori Liu]]
| 4/6
| 5/8
| 4/6
| 4/7
| 5/7
| 4/6
| 26/40
|- 
| Lt. [[Lina Santiago]]
| 6/8
| 4/6
| 4/7
| 2/6
| 2/6
| 4/7
| 22/40
|- 
| Lt. [[Coner Murphy]]
| 3/5
| 4/6
| 6/8
| 4/8
| 3/5
| 4/7
| 24/39
|-
| ''Chu-i'' [[Ashaki Nazari]]
| 4/6
| 5/8
| 4/6
| 4/6
| 4/7
| 3/6
| 24/39
|- 
| ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Minato Umatsu]]
| 1/6
| 5/6
| 5/6
| 4/5
| 6/8
| 5/6
| 26/37
|- 
| Lt. [[Gunnar Thomson]]
| 6/8
| 1/4
| 6/8
| 6/8
| 2/4
| 5/7
| 26/39
|- 
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal;" | The Dragon's Gambit
|-
| ''Sao-wei'' Tori Liu
| 4/8
| 7/10
| 5/6
| 5/9
| 5/7
| 5/6
| 31/46
|- 
| Lt. Lina Santiago
| 6/9
| 4/6
| 4/7
| 4/6
| 4/6
| 5/8
| 27/42
|- 
| Lt. Coner Murphy
| 5/6
| 4/7
| 6/8
| 4/8
| 5/6
| 4/9
| 28/44
|-
| ''Chu-i'' Ashaki Nazari
| 4/6
| 6/9
| 5/7
| 4/6
| 5/7
| 6/6
| 28/41
|- 
| ''Tai-i'' Minato Umatsu
| 5/7
| 5/8
| 5/6
| 5/6
| 7/10
| 5/6
| 32/43
|- 
| Lt. Gunnar Thomson
| 6/8
| 1/4
| 7/8
| 6/8
| 5/6
| 5/7
| 30/41
|- 
! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal;" | Solaris
|-
| ''Sao-wei'' [[Tori Liu]]
| 4/8
| 7/10
| 5/6
| 5/9
| 5/7
| 5/6
| 31/46
|- 
| Capt. [[Milla Serena]]
| 6/6
| 8/10
| 6/6
| 6/8
| 6/8
| 6/9
| 38/47
|- 
| Capt. Shenzeng
| 3/8
| 4/8
| 4/8
| 2/6
| 5/6
| 1/6
| 19/42
|-
| Lt. [[Miasto Stabjorn]]
| 8/10
| 4/5
| 4/6
| 8/10
| 8/9
| 5/7
| 37/47
|- 

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