-COMPLETE CAST OF CHARACTERS IS PROVIDED IN ADDENDUM-
UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATION
KEVIN HARDISON—chief of staff
TOM DRAPAC—secretary of defense
DAWN CABRAL—secretary of state
NOVA CONOVER—secretary of homeland security
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CHRISTINE O’CONNOR—director (DCIA)
MONROE (MK) BRYANT—deputy director (DDCIA)
PATRICK (PJ) ROLOW—deputy director for operations (DDO)
TRACEY MCFARLAND—deputy director for analysis (DDA)
JAKE HARRISON—paramilitary operations officer (Special Operations Group)
MAXIM ANOSOV—paramilitary operations officer (Sochi, Russia)
PAT KENDALL—specialized skills officer (National Resources Division)
KHALILA DUFOUR—specialized skills officer (National Clandestine Service)
USS PITTSBURGH (LOS ANGELES CLASS FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE)
JOHN BUGLIONE (Commander)—Commanding Officer
RICK SCHWARTZ (Lieutenant Commander)—Executive Officer
K-561 KAZAN (YASEN CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE)
ALEKSANDR PLECAS (Captain First Rank)—Commanding Officer
ERIK FEDOROV (Captain Third Rank)—First Officer
GADZHIYEVO NAVAL BASE
ANATOLY BOGDANOV—ordnance supervisor
VASILY MOROZOV—ordnance supervisor
NORTHERN FLEET JOINT STRATEGIC COMMAND
MIKHAIL KORENEV—command center watchstander
ARKADY TIMOSHENKO—command center watchstander
OTHERS
MURRAY WILSON (Captain)—Commanding Officer, USS Michigan (BLUE) / USS North Carolina
LONNIE MIXELL—former Navy SEAL
ISSAD FUTTAIM—Syrian weapons dealer
AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI—leader of al-Qaeda and ISIL factions in Afghanistan and Pakistan