MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)/Characters

This Article is intended to provide a list of every character in the game alongside certain in game statistics that may not be appropriate in a standard Character article.

Personnel

The player can recruit lancemates from numerous applicants, although experienced MechWarriors only become available once the unit has gained a certain reputation. They can be hired and fired at the player's discretion, and can also die in battle. There are 24 men and 18 women, and 21 character portraits depict the crew in the game (each portrait is shared by 2 characters). The pool of available personnel includes a variety of minor characters (with their respective starting skill at Gunnery/'Mech Pilot), some of whom are recurring characters in the BattleTech universe:

Men

Name	Gunry [sic]	Pilot	Pay	Description
T. D. Bente	Poor	Average	400
Billy Chow	Average	Average	600
Kevin Call	Good	Excellent	1,000	formerly of the Gray Death Legion
A. Cooper	Good	Average	1,000	a MechWarrior from the Federated Suns
Jim Eagle	Excellent	Good	2,000	who formerly served in the recon lance, Lindon's Company
Ted Hegel	Average	Poor	600	who lost his 'Mech in a brush with the Black Widow
B. Hendrik	Average	Good	600	who started with Narhal's Raiders
J. Holmaas	Excellent	Excellent	2,000
Darc Horse	Good	Excellent	1,000	who claims to "work alone or with Team Banzai" otherwise
"Killer"	Good	Good	1,000	a psychopath who enjoys killing
G. Lofall	Excellent	Good	2,000
"Nasty Bill"	Excellent	Excellent	2,000
Z. Rodgers	Poor	Average	400	a former Tech in Little Richard's Panzer Brigade
Pete Ryan	Good	Average	1,000
Tim Seers	Poor	Poor	400
Tank Smith	Good	Excellent	1,000
"Tricky Nik"	Good	Good	1,000	who previously worked for Redjack Ryan
T. Rich	Average	Poor	600	who worked with Hansen's Roughriders
R. Torsak	Good	Excellent	1,000	a former Marauder pilot with the 21st Centauri Lancers
Kelly T.	Average	Good	600
Bob True	Poor	Poor	400
Kinji Tsi	Excellent	Excellent	2,000	a follower of bushido
Alex Veer	Average	Good	600	who got his training on the gaming world of Solaris
John Zoe	Average	Average	600	who previously worked with Wolf's Dragoons

Women

Name	Gunry [sic]	Pilot	Pay	Description
Ara	Good	Average	1,000
Rose Artz	Good	Average	1,000	formerly a Thunderbolt pilot with the Eridani Light Horse
Karen Blak	Average	Poor	600
Tara Ellis	Average	Good	600	formerly a Griffin pilot with the Eridani Light Horse
Erin Falls	Good	Excellent	1,000
Elli Gujar	Poor	Poor	400
JJ Kitter	Good	Excellent	1,000	who "spent some time with the Waco Rangers and Miller's Marauders"
A. Chu Lai	Excellent	Excellent	2,000	formerly a Javelin pilot in Winston's Scout Lance, Waco Rangers
Ilsa Marn	Average	Good	600	a self-proclaimed expert at covert operations
Emma Meyer	Excellent	Good	2,000	who previously worked in scout and strike lances in Brion's Legion
S. Miller	Average	Good	600	who claims she "practically grew up in the 3rd Recon Company"
A. Morris	Good	Average	1,000	who had her Locust shot out from under her in a Kurita raid
Pam North	Average	Poor	600	whose last tour was with the 12th Vegan Rangers
Taris Ren	Poor	Poor	400
"Desire"	Poor	Average	400
Chaney Ti	Excellent	Excellent	2,000
Zera Tith	Excellent	Good	2,000	whose "last gig was Helmar Valasek"
"TJ"	Average	Poor	600