Cassandra Carlton "Cassie" Cage is a former sergeant and commander of the Special Forces, Cassie is the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade in the second timeline. She, alongside Takeda, Kung Jin, and Jacqui Briggs, is known collectively as the Kombat Kids. Sometime after the Netherrealm War, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade got married and had a daughter, Cassie. However, Sonya's perceived prioritization of work over her own family led them to divorce, much to Cassie's sadness. Being the daughter of a high-earning Hollywood actor, Cassie was somewhat spoiled, although her attitude changed after she was kidnapped by the Black Dragon. This experience convinced her to join the Special Forces, where she would be trained by both of her parents in combat. Inheriting the charisma and cocky wit of her father and the stern, tough as nails attitude of her mother, Cassie quickly rose through the ranks to become team leader and, eventually, sergeant. She managed to defeat the fallen Elder God Shinnok single-handedly, even in his full corrupted form, and eventually attained the rank of commander. Initially, Cassie harbored deep insecurities, fearing that she might not be able to live up to her parents' legacy and expectations, especially her mother's. But over time, Cassie developed into a more confident leader with the aid of her friends.

Blonde Blazer was an active superhero being dispatched on the streets, earning a reputation for herself as a courageous hero. Eventually, she decided to broaden her career by moving into a management role, being assigned to take over SDN Torrance. Her leadership reshaped the struggling branch into a model for the company, in particular its efforts to rehabilitate former supervillains and retrain them as heroes through the Phoenix Program. Blonde Blazer is the one who hires Robert Robertson III to join SDN on the promise of helping him regain his superhero career in exchange. She nominally acts as his supervisor in the office during the events of  Dispatch, offering advice and critiquing Robbie's decisions as a dispatcher.

Kait was born in Fort Umson, Tyrus, in 20 A.E. to Gabriel and Reyna Diaz. Gabriel was formerly a sergeant in the COG Army and Engineering Corps. Reyna was a Stranded, a survivor of the Hammer of Dawn Strikes, and the daughter of geneticist Doctor Torres and Queen Myrrah of the Locust Horde. Reyna met Sgt. Diaz during the first year of the Locust War in his mission to assassinate the Locust scientist, Ukkon. Due to Sgt. Diaz learned about the Locust origins, he fled the COG with Reyna, and spent the remainder of the war as a Stranded and leader of their group. The two were married and had Kait in 20 A.E. At age ten, her father was diagnosed with Rustlung. Kait was horrified by what her father had become and was haunted by dreams of killing him to end his pain. Reyna comforted Kait that her thoughts were from a place of love and asked to be euthanized as well if she were ever put in a similar position. Before her father's death, Reyna revealed the existence of Kait's uncle and Gabriel's father, Sergeant Oscar Diaz. While the Outsiders usually went on routine raids of COG Settlements, the Outsider Movement became too heated as First Minister Mina Jinn threatened war against the Outsiders. Unknown to them at the time, First Minister Jinn's civilians and soldiers had been kidnapped, and Jinn believed the Outsiders, especially Reyna Diaz's villagers, of taking them. Reyna ordered the halt of Settlement raids, but eventually, Fort Umson ran out of power. In Bloom 42 A.E., on the 25th anniversary of Victory Day. Reyna ordered JD and Del to raid Settlement 5 while it was under construction, with the objective of stealing a Fabricator for Outsiders to replenish their power source. Kait volunteered to go with them, and Reyna agreed but sent Oscar with the three.

Laura Matsuda, her younger brother, Sean, and older brother Fabio were all born in Brazil, though their father, Yuichiro Matsuda, and paternal grandfather Kinjiro Matsuda were Japanese. Yuichiro married Brenda and had three children Fabio, Laura, and Sean. Laura has two maternal cousins, Enzo and Manuela Da Silva, who practice capoeira. Laura was trained by Kinjiro in the art of the family's Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu. When Sean leaves at some point to become Ken Masters' apprentice and pupil, Laura becomes the heir of the art. Heir to the Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu style, Laura looks for opponents to fight and to promote her fighting style. Before leaving her house to seek strong fighters, she hugs and teases Sean a bit. She encounters Birdie and offers him a free meal if they fight. Afterwards, Laura asks Birdie if he knows any strong fighters, to which he points her in the direction of Karin. After their fight, Laura asks her if she knows any strong fighters, Karin replies by telling her about Ryu. After finding and fighting the wandering warrior, he talks about the Satsui no Hado. Later on, Laura meets and fights against Zangief, who gives her tickets to a wrestling scouting event.

In 1987, Sakura, at only 14, began to participate in street fighting after she saw Ryu on her way to her classes at the Tamagawa Minami High School and trained to emulate his style since. She recalls the first two fights she got into were when older bullies stole Tsukushi's portable gaming device and won it back upon defeating them, and when she fought off a college upperclassmen who were perversely harassing Kei with his friends, the latter of which was how she got the attention of Shibasaki and Karin who would also later participate in street fights about two years after Sakura. Six months later on the same year, Sakura started skipping school to search the world for Ryu, Sakura embarks on a long journey to find him and become his student. Along the way, Sagat notices her techniques are similar to Ryu's and demands she tell him where he is. She doesn't know herself and comments on how rude he is and the two fight. At age 16, she was still fighting, and decided to travel the world to find Ryu once more and find out what street fighting is really all about. She started off in her native Japan and fought the sumo wrestler E. Honda, who mentioned Ryu was going off to such places as India and Thailand. Thereafter traveling with her sensei, Dan, she met his friend Blanka along the way and was promised a match with him. Sakura even ended up fighting Maki again, who complimented her on being able to handle her fighting style, Bushinryu, better than last time.

Mikaela learned how to fix cars from her father, a long-time car thief who has presumably been single for some time. When he couldn't find a babysitter, he'd bring young Mikaela along, and she thus learned how to hotwire and steal cars. Eventually, Mikaela's father was caught, and she earned a criminal record for refusing to turn her father in to the authorities. She never turned out like her dad, and hid her automotive knowledge from her boyfriends, for fear that they will be insecure around a girl who knows more about cars than they do. In 2007, when Mikaela went to school with Sam Witwicky since first grade, but had failed to notice him at all during that entire time. After a spat with her boyfriend Trent, she dumped him, and Sam gave her a ride home in his new car.

The illegitimate daughter of an Irish lawyer and his housemaid, Anne was barely in her teens when her family emigrated from Kinsale to South Carolina, where her father settled as a plantation owner. After marrying the low-class sailor named James Bonny, she decided to set off on an adventure to the West Indies. The pair arrived in Nassau in April 1716, settling down without having a clear idea of the direction their lives were going to go in. James eventually found work at one of the island's plantations, while Anne spent most of her time daydreaming. Due to her beauty and indifference to propriety, she quickly became the center of romantic attention, which greatly strained her relationship with her husband, so much so that within a year their marriage had disintegrated. As James disappeared further into his work, Anne grew more confident and sociable, eventually deciding to take on a job as barmaid at the Old Avery tavern, the hub of the island's social life. Rejecting the advances of many a pirate, she was called a tease and a harlot by Nassau's coarser inhabitants, mostly out of envy and spite. But with no high society to shun or shame her, Anne's desirability only increased on the strength of these rumors. While working at the Old Avery, Anne made the acquaintance of many of the Pirate Republic's directors, including Edward Thatch, Benjamin Hornigold, Edward Kenway, Charles Vane and Jack Rackham. Anne requested for an annulment of her marriage, while Rackham offered to pay for a divorce, but James did not relent. Following Adéwalé's departure to join the Assassins, Anne became Edward's quartermaster aboard the Jackdaw, supporting him in his pursuit of Bartholomew Roberts, as well as the Templars Woodes Rogers and Laureano de Torres y Ayala.

Sindel, empress of Edenia. Sindel ruled Edenia with her husband, King Jerrod, for thousands of years until the invasion of Edenia. Shao Khan and his army invaded Edenia. Shao kills Jerrod and forced Sindel into marriage. Sindel was devastated by what happened to her husband, but on the outside, she was posing as a happy queen, so Shao Khan would keep her alive. Shao Khan took in Kitana as an infant under Sindel's wishes. Years passed, and Sindel and Kitana lived with Shao Khan in ruling Outworld, Kitana, Jade, and Mileena became Shao Khan's best assassins, while Sindel became empress of Outworld But one day, Kitana and Jade fled, giving up their loyalty to Shao Khan while Mileena remained loyal. Sindel then decided to break her loyalty to Shao by staging her own death. Sindel staged a suicide death, and Shao Khan believed it. When she was outside the palace walls, she awoke and took out Shao Khan's guards before mounting a horse and escaping. Sindel reunited with Jade and Kitana as they started to create a resistance against Shao Khan to fight back and free Outworld from his control. Eventually, Kitana, Sindel, and Jade's resistance grew to a large number of fearless warriors, wanting to fight to free Outworld. One day, they decided it was time, and they rode on horses and in carriages towards the Outworld palace. When they arrived, they broke through the large wooden door into the city, citizens ran inside their homes for cover as Shao Khan's army rushed to defeat them. Kitana faced off her adoptive sister Mileena, while Jade faced Shao's right-hand man Reiko, while Sindel raced into the castle to face off against her former conquering husband. After a gruelling battle, Sindel defeated Shao Khan in kombat. She then lifted Shao by his neck with her hair, and after a tight squeeze, his neck cracked, and his arms fall. When news of their leader's death, Shao's army fled and Sindel took the throne of Outworld with Kitana as her heir, and Jade as her adoptive daughter.

Dominique Tam was born in 1993 in France. She trained since the age of 16 to represent France in the Summer Olympics in track and field. She failed to qualify for the 2012 games and was on track to qualify for the next Olympic games before Al-Qatala attacked Paris. After the Al-Qatala attack, Domino joined the French Army and was selected for the French Special Forces, where she exhibited extraordinary physical fitness and cognitive ability. She broke three regiment records. In 2017, she was sent to Urzikstan as her first combat deployment. She was tasked with supporting the Coalition forces. She was hand-picked to represent France inside the Warcom unit. In March 2020, Al-Qatala's new leader, Khaled Al-Asad, launched a full-scale assault against Verdansk in Kastovia. Operators from Coalition and Allegiance were deployed to Verdansk to stop Al-Qatala as part of the Armistice initiative. During her service with Armistice, Domino reportedly developed a friendly rivalry with the Allegiance operator Sydney "Syd".

Sergeant Foley is stationed in Afghanistan training an Afghan National Army group at Firebase Phoenix, with the aid of translator Private Hamed and fellow Ranger, Private First-Class Joseph Allen. Shortly after Allen's selection training in The Pit for Task Force 141, Foley and his squad are deployed to rescue BCT-One, which is trapped in a militia-held town near Firebase Phoenix. He first leads his squad to defend the bridge layer from large volumes of RPG fire from the OpFor across the river. After the bridge is laid, he leads his men into the city in Humvees, where they are ambushed by the militia. They put up a good fight, taking down many militiamen, although the Humvee is eventually destroyed. They are then forced to take cover in an enemy-occupied apartment, clearing their way through it. After they clear the building, they receive a distress call from Hunter Two-Three and assist by clearing out a heavily defended school. They then fight their way from the school to the LZ, rendezvousing with General Shepherd's men. Shortly after Allen's death in Russia, the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, is deployed to Virginia in response to an invasion by Russian military forces. Foley leads Dunn, Private James Ramirez, who is Allen's replacement, and the rest of Hunter Two-One in the defence of northeastern Virginia and rescue of a High-Valued-Individual. The team locates the HVI, who is already secured by other Rangers that had gotten there first. Foley takes command of the Rangers in the area just as Russian forces arrive en masse at their position. Under Foley's command, the Rangers successfully hold off the incoming Russians, including two BTR-80's and two Mi-28 gunships, until a friendly convoy arrives to evacuate them from the besieged area.

The Edenian Sindel would become Empress of Outworld, but was greatly stressed by her new position of power and an approaching arranged marriage to the noble Jerrod. Fortunately for her, she was not alone in her endeavour, as Jerrod was an ideal partner and loving husband, and Li Mei, the captain of the elite Umgadi, was a steadfast friend. Though her rule was not perfect, Sindel was able to make Outworld flourish. She became acquainted with Earthrealm's protector, Liu Kang, and witnessed his and Jerrod's founding of the tournament that would maintain peace between the realms. Sindel would soon face many difficulties. She had a strained relationship with General Shao, who was less than appreciative of Liu Kang, feeling as though Sindel was far too lenient with the fire deity. At some point, Jerrod was unjustly murdered, and Li Mei was made the scapegoat for her inability to protect the emperor, leading to her deserting the Umgadi and Tanya taking her place. Though Sindel still had her beloved daughters, Mileena's contracting of Tarkat proved to be a strenuous hurdle to overcome, creating a rift between the entire family. However, the arrival of a curious sorcerer named Shang Tsung would seemingly alleviate the last obstacle, as he was able to provide suppressants for Mileena's disease, which Sindel was extremely grateful for. Additionally, she would be introduced to another sorcerer named Quan Chi, whose peculiar prophecies often turned out to be spot-on - though Sindel worried that the prophecy he made about Liu Kang conquering Outworld might also come true.

Arthur Morgan was born circa 1863 to Beatrice and Lyle Morgan in the northern United States. As a child, his mother died of unknown causes, while his father was a petty criminal and outlaw. In 1874, when Arthur was 11 years old, his father was arrested for larceny. Morgan later witnessed his death and, despite a strained relationship with him, still donned his hat and kept a picture of him. Around 1877, a 14-year-old Arthur was found as a "wild delinquent" and picked up off the streets by outlaws Dutch van der Linde and Hosea Matthews. Viewing the pair as surrogate father figures, Arthur came to share Dutch's vision of a life lived free from the constraints of civilization and the rule of law. The pair taught him how to read, write, hunt, fight, shoot, and ride, becoming their first protégé as well as one of the founding members of the Van der Linde gang. A little later, Arthur met Susan Grimshaw, who became romantically involved with Dutch and joined the gang, acting as a tough mother figure. In 1885, Arthur met a 12 year-old boy named John Marston who had been saved by Dutch from being lynched by a group of Illinois homesteaders. John was inducted into the gang and raised alongside Arthur with the pair growing as close as brothers. Dutch instilled the boys with his anarchist worldviews against a corrupt government and preached that revenge was a fool's game. Over the years, Arthur and John became regarded as Dutch's favorite 'sons'. After the botched ferry heist, Dutch and the gang are forced to flee Blackwater and attempt to cross the mountains west to evade law enforcement. Dutch sends Arthur scouting ahead for a place they can camp at and he discovers an abandoned mining town named Colter, returning shortly after to direct the gang to the place. After the thaw comes in, the gang leaves the mountains for a new location in The Heartlands, near the town of Valentine.

Panam Palmer was part of the Aldecaldos nomad tribe. Her best friend was captured by the Raffen Shiv, a hostile Nomad group, when they were a child, only to be saved by fellow-Aldecaldo Cassidy Righter - an incident that deeply affected Panam into her adulthood, to the point of never telling anyone what happened in order to forget about it. Cassidy would remain a close friend of Panam and become somewhat protective of her. Panam also befriended several other clan members, including Mitch Anderson and Driss "Scorpion" Meriana. Panam idolized Saul Bright, a fellow Aldecaldo who used to pull off impressive as well as funny stunts in his earlier years. At some time, Panam and Mitch were hauling cargo from San Francisco to Kansas for the owner of a syn-meat farm. The stench at the farm got Panam so sick that she puked on the owner's boots to which he simply replied "No need to bow, I'll just take a handshake." Another "long story with many twists and turns" involved the corpse of the Deputy Finance Director of Kaukaz riding in Panam's trunk. At some point, Panam's clan set up camp in the Badlands outside Night City. She didn't see eye to eye with the clan's leader, Saul Bright, who was trying to strike a deal with Biotechnica in his attempt to keep the clan alive with consistent work. Panam disapproved, believing the clan should remain independent from corporations. Together with Scorpion, Panam kept joking about getting Mitch on board and heading off to Oregon on their own. Panam's conflict with Saul came to a head, however, when, due to her rebellious attitude, she eventually left the clan and moved to Night City, even though her friend Mitch tried to talk her out of it at first. Working as a mercenary under the fixer Rogue, Panam was often paired with nomad Nash on a few gigs, though she was unaware he was Raffen Shiv. Despite moving away, Panam maintained communication with members of the Aldecados, including her close friends Mitch Anderson and Scorpion.

V was raised by the streets of Heywood, Night City. At the age of 13, a junkie tried to knife one of their chooms. V reacted and stabbed him first, becoming their first kill. V knew him from before, as the junkie had always been begging on the streets, and was fond of him. Though V initially left for Atlanta two years ago, they returned to Night City after realizing it was not going to work out. Whilst recovering from a fight in El Coyote Cojo, V agreed to help the bartender, Pepe Najarro, settle a debt with a fixer by the name of Kirk Sawyer. In exchange for paying the debt, Kirk sent V to steal a Rayfield Aerondight from a corpo agent. After receiving a lift from their old friend Padre, V proceeded with the job. As they managed to enter and start the car, V was stopped by Jackie Welles, who was also attempting to steal the vehicle. However, they were quickly surrounded by the NCPD, led by officer Henry Stints, and were arrested. Though ordered to be executed by the vehicle's owner - Kaoru Fujioka - they were instead knocked out and left bloodied in an alleyway of Heywood. After the ordeal, V and Jackie were properly introduced, the latter revealing that Kirk's threats were actually empty. When he invited them for a meal, V hesitantly accepted, leading to their friendship. V stayed with Jackie for six months, doing mercenary jobs together while improving their street cred. Eventually, V managed to save enough money to rent an apartment of their own in Megabuilding H10.

She was born and grew up in Maribor. Sometime during her childhood, she had a conduit moment and was noticed by sorcerers. Thus, she found her way to Aretuza. Here, she became a sorceress on her own, specializing in making of magical potions, mainly healing ones. This was rather amusing twist of fate as she herself was allergic to magical potions and could only tolerate non magical ones. During her studies, she befriended the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, and by 1249, the two of them were already close friends and colleagues. After graduation, she became a very well known and respected sorceress, taking her assignment as a advisor to the throne of Temeria. In 1263, after the First Northern War with Nilfgaard started, and the kingdom of Cintra destroyed, sorcerers and sorceresses under the leadership of Vilgefortz of Roggeveen decided to stand on Sodden Hill supporting Northern troops with their magic. Here, they wanted to stop the invading forces. Triss was among those who volunteered. The battle was brutal and the mages stood against incredibly strong forces but in the end, they managed to defeat the invaders. The cost of victory was high, though, as 13 mages died. As a matter of fact, it was first believed that the number of dead was 14 - the last one being Triss. She was very seriously wounded, sustaining burns on her body, but also having all of her hair burnt off. With Yennefer, the only mage that would have still recognized her, blinded during the battle, she was counted amongst the dead.

Renee Hope “Wraith” Blasey was born on December 21, 2701 on Typhon, the planet infamous for housing the IMC’s Fold Weapon. She eventually relocated to Solace City, Solace and served in the ARES Division as a Senior Science Pilot. Working with her colleague, Amer Singh, on what was codenamed Project: Wraith, Blasey tested phase shift technology in order to prove the existence of other dimensions. In her original dimension, the IMC defeated the Frontier Militia and emerged victorious from the Frontier War. The two scientists were unable to find a willing human volunteer for their experiments, so Blasey volunteered herself, becoming designated as Subject 61137. The experiment went awry, resulting in Blasey losing her memory and falling into what was believed to be insanity, hearing voices tell her what to do. Rather than help his partner, Singh took advantage of the situation to continue their experiments on an unwilling and unaware Blasey. She describes her first memory after the incident as being gagged and bound to a gurney. Blasey had officially been taken to Solace for termination. One day in 2727, an interdimensional portal opened in Singh Labs and Blasey was visited by a warrior in white armor and a purple helmet, who sought vengeance against Singh. Revealing herself to be a version of Blasey from an alternate universe, she helped to free Blasey, giving her the technology required for phase shifting and interdimensional travel, as well as a kunai. Telling her to leave, the Voidwalker stayed behind to fight Singh and his contingent of IMC soldiers. Entering the portal, Blasey found that the voices she had been hearing were more alternate versions of herself, all communicating through a place between realities. Leaving this in-between space, she found herself in the Voidwalker’s dimension, where Singh Labs were decrepit and abandoned. Exiting to the surface and taking a cloth as a scarf.

David Mason was born in 1979 to CIA Agent Alex Mason and his unidentified wife. Raised in his father's hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska, David's relationship with his father soured after the death of his mother. Due to his father's past experiences, harsh upbringing, and his commitment to serve the U.S., David held a deep resentment towards his dad but did not want to lose him, which was why he made his dad promise to not go on any more missions for the military. In spite of their shaky relationship, David still had some positive memories of his father, such as fishing with him or being taught how to handle his first gun. In 1996, David was commissioned as a Naval officer and made it into the Navy's elite U.S. Navy SEALs in 2000. After a few years serving with the SEALs, David was recruited into the ultra-elite SEAL Team Six by the mid-2000s, operating at the highest levels of Special Operations, and proving himself in counterterrorism missions across the Middle East. It was during his time in the Navy that David met Mike Harper, another elite Navy operative, and the two became close friends. Having risen to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, by the 2020s David had attained the rank of Commander within Joint Special Operations Command - an elite counterterrorism unit specializing in high-risk threats. David, going by his callsign "Section", would eventually form a task force with his long-time colleague and friend Mike Harper, as well as operatives Javier Salazar, Crosby, and King.

Frank Woods was born on March 20th, 1930, in Coatesville, and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He ran away from his home as a young child, forced to rely on street smarts and follow his instincts. Woods quickly learned to be fully independent. He served in the United States Marine Corps, during which he had much combat experience fighting in the Korean War. This gained him a reputation that led the CIA to recruit him for their Special Activities Division. Woods is seen in a Cuban bar with Mason and Bowman talking to Carlos in "Operation 40" where they make plans for Carlos' militia to assist in the takedown of Fidel Castro. Woods talks to Carlos about the location of Castro. Suddenly, the police arrive, and when a Tropas Officer questions Mason, Woods stabs his hand to the table, smashes a bottle across his face, and then executes him. The squad flees to the streets, where the police are waiting for them. The squad fights their way through a police-infested street and in an alleyway, Carlos provided a car where they flee for Castro's compound. While Carlos and the rebels attempt to distract Castro's bodyguards in the airfield, Woods leads the raid into the compound. At some point, Bowman splits from the group and continues the search for Castro along the rooftops. Woods and Mason fight their way to Castro's bedroom, where Mason executes Castro with an ASP and either Woods or Mason kill his mistress. Regrouping with Bowman, Woods leads an escape to Carlos's C-130, where Mason jumps off and sacrifices himself for the escape of his squad. Later leading to his capture by Nikita Dragovich and Lev Kravchenko, it is revealed here that the Castro they assassinated was a double, and the real Fidel Castro then turns Mason over to the Soviets, leading to Mason's two year imprisonment and then their prolonged escape from Vorkuta.

Alex Mason was born on June 3rd, 1933, in Fairbanks, Alaska. The geographical proximity of his home state to Communist Russia brought the threat of the Cold War much closer to his doorstep than most Americans. This was a key contributor to his fervent anti-Communist ideals and eventually led to him joining the Marines. He spent his youth by hunting the elk and grizzlies in the Alaskan wilderness with his father, a WWII veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart for wounds received during action at the Makin Atoll. As such, he is adept in cold weather environments and is an excellent sniper. In 1953, he became the youngest Wimbledon Cup winner in the history of the marksmanship competition at just 20 years of age. In the early 1950s, Mason served as an infantryman and later Force Recon Marine in South Korea. In 1958, he was recruited to SAD/SOG after an exemplary term of service with the Marines. Having served with distinction since joining the Agency, Mason has a long-standing friendship with many of his fellow Agency colleagues and shows a particular kinship with an operative named Frank Woods. Always itching for action, Mason's tendency towards impulsiveness is the one trait that may not have been completely "trained out of him." However, Woods was well aware about this and knows exactly when and how to rein him in. In 1961, Mason was a member of a CIA assassination squad known as Operation 40. Mason and fellow Operation 40 members Joseph Bowman and Woods infiltrated Cuba prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion to carry Operation Zapata out which was the assassination of Fidel Castro. Using the distraction that was caused by the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Mason, Bowman and Woods raided a compound where Castro was reportedly living. Mason was transported to a Soviet labor camp at Vorkuta, Russia. Dragovich then had Friedrich Steiner and Lev Kravchenko brainwash Mason. Mason was implanted with the knowledge to interpret the outgoing broadcasts from Dragovich's numbers station.

Sometime after the Netherrealm War, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade got married and had a daughter, Cassie. However, Sonya's perceived prioritization of work over her own family led them to divorce, much to Cassie's sadness. Being the daughter of a high-earning Hollywood actor, Cassie was somewhat spoiled, although her attitude changed after she was kidnapped by the Black Dragon. This experience convinced her to join the Special Forces, where she would be trained by both of her parents in kombat. Inheriting the charisma and cocky wit of her father and the stern, tough as nails attitude of her mother, Cassie quickly rose through the ranks to become team leader and, eventually, sergeant She managed to defeat the fallen Elder God Shinnok single-handedly, even in his full corrupted form. Initially, Cassie harbored deep insecurities, fearing that she might not be able to live up to her parents' legacy and expectations, especially her mother's. But over time, Cassie developed into a more confident leader with the aid of her friends. Despite her brash demeanor, she has a deep sense of morality, refusing to kill opponents except when absolutely necessary. She also shows genuine respect for her elders and masters, as seen while approaching Sub-Zero. She is childhood friends with Jacqui Briggs, who is also part of the team she leads along with Kung Jin and Takeda Takahashi.

As a child, Sarah lost several close members of her family to incidents in which the IMC displaced Frontier citizens by force. As a result, she vowed to take revenge on the IMC at every possible opportunity, refusing to rest until they have been removed from the Frontier. For most of her career, she served in Covert Operations for the Militia, before moving into the command ranks of the Militia's Marauder Corps. Her long list of successful attacks on IMC installations landed her on the IMC's High Value Target List, where she remains listed as one of the top 50 most dangerous Militia operatives still at large. Sarah is at least the 6th generation of her family to inhabit the Frontier. It is likely that she is not the first in her family to go up against the IMC. Sarah served as an intelligence and logistics officer and field commander for the Militia, working in tandem with Bish to process intelligence and direct ground forces during battles with the IMC. There was one notable instance where she took to the field herself: in the mission The Three Towers, while Militia forces engaged the IMC defenders to keep them busy, Sarah led a squad of covert operatives to silently assault and sabotage the Repulsor Towers protecting the IMC base from the dangerous local fauna. After the Battle of Demeter, Sarah rose to prominence and became a respected commander of the Frontier Militia as a whole. With the Militia's newly-formalized military structure, she was installed as a commander of the newly-created special forces branch, the Special Recon Squadron, which the M-COR now answers to as one of the SRS's sub-sections.

Kairi "Valkyrie" Imahara, born in 2704 on Angelia, was the daughter of Viper, a notorious mercenary who worked for the Apex Predators. She held great respect and admiration for her father, and wished to follow in his footsteps as a Pilot. Viper would often humor her by taking her for joyrides in his modified Northstar. However, he frowned upon his daughter becoming a Pilot, telling her that these Titans were “death traps." As a result of her father’s profession, Imahara would often see Kuben Blisk in her home. In 2715, Imahara hijacked her father’s Northstar, flying it solo around and above her family’s home. Despite her father’s commands for her to land, she continued to fly, eventually reaching an altitude where an aircraft battle was taking place. Caught in the crossfire, the Titan engaged its autopilot, firing a salvo of missiles at its nearest target. In return, an aircraft fired and struck the Northstar, causing it to fall uncontrollably to Angelia’s surface. Viper followed in his own aircraft and took control of the Titan, ejecting his daughter and crash landing in a nearby field. Imahara and Viper both escaped relatively unharmed. Soon after this incident, Viper left to escort the Ark during the Battle of Typhon, where he was killed by Jack Cooper and his Vanguard-class Titan BT-7274. Not knowing who killed him, Imahara blamed Blisk for her father’s death. After retrieving Viper’s body, he was cremated. Some of his ashes were left at the family’s home on Angelia, near the barn where his Northstar was stored, while some were kept in their new residence in Gaea. The rest were scattered on a sudden gust of wind by Imahara’s mother so that he would always have “a sky-high view."