 | Solid Snake Code Name: Solid Snake Real Name: David... Sex: Male Age: 33 Approx. (Shadow Moses) Nationality: American Height: 182cm Voice: David Hayter/Akio Otsuka | Snake has been called out his retirement to stop the threat of Metal Gear once again. He is the character you play as throughout the whole game. |
 | Colonel Campbell Code Name: N/A Real Name: Roy Campbell Sex: Male Age: 60s Nationality: American Height: 185cm Voice: Paul Otis/Takeshi Aono | Roy Campbell is a very useful contact on the Codec to you. He can provide you with all sorts of valuable information. |
 | Dr. Naomi Hunter Code Name: N/A Real Name: Naomi Hunter...? Sex: Female Age: 25 Nationality: Half Japanese; half Indian Height: Unknown Voice: Carren Learning/? | Dr. Naomi Hunter is head of FOX-HOUND's medical staff. She knows a great deal about genetics and understands the background of the Genome Soliders. She also provides you with information on the terrorists. |
 | Mei Ling Code Name: N/A Real Name: Mei Ling Sex: Female Age: 19 Nationality: Chinese (Kwangtung) Height: 160cm Voice: Kim Nguyen | Mei Ling designed your Codec and Radar system. She also saves your game data for you and tells you a lot of famous quotes and sayings. |
 | Nastasha R... Code Name: N/A Real Name: Nastasha Romanenko Sex: Female Age: 34 Nationality: Ukrainian Height: Unknown Voice: Renne Collette/? | Nastasha Romanenko is an optional character who never needs to be contacted at all. She's an expert on all weapons but knows most about nuclear weapons. |
 | Master Miller Code Name: N/A Real Name: McDonnel Benedict Miller Sex: Male Age: 50s Nationality: American Height: Unknown Voice: James Flinders/Banjo Ginga (assumed) | Master Miller is Snake's old survival teacher. He knows a great deal about Alaskan flora and fauna and is great to contact if you need to know some handy hints on how to complete your mission in one piece! |
 | Meryl Silverburgh Code Name: N/A Real Name: Meryl Silverburgh Sex: Female Age: 18 Nationality: American Height: 175cm Voice: Mae Zadler/Kyoko Terase | Meryl is a very useful ally both in person and by Codec. She's not very experienced on the battlefield but her knowledge of the base and of the terrorists can come in very handy. |
 | DARPA Chief Code Name: N/A Real Name: Donald Anderson Sex: Male Age: 50s Nationality: African-American Height: 185cm Voice: George Byrd/Masaharu Sato | The DARPA Chief is a hostage at Shadow Moses who was involved in the work of Metal Gear. He knows one of the PAL codes which will activate Metal Gear and Snake must rescue him. |
 | President Baker Code Name: N/A Real Name: Kenneth Baker Sex: Male Age: 60s Nationality: American Height: 168cm Voice: Bert Stewart/Yuzuru Fujimoto | President Baker is being held hostage and knows one of the codes to activate Metal Gear and must be rescued by Snake. |
 | Otacon Code Name: N/A Real Name: Hal Emmerich Sex: Male Age: 30s Nationality: American (Jewish) Height: 177cm Voice: Christopher Fritz/Hideyuki Tanaka | Otacon is the scientist who designed Metal Gear and knows how to stop it. He must be located by Snake. |
 | Jim Houseman Code Name: N/A Real Name: Jim Houseman Sex: Male Age: 50s Nationality: American Height: Unknown Voice: Frederick Bloggs/? | Houseman is the Secretary of Defense and is in charge of the mission. |
