In Left Alive you take control of the three characters listed below, each of their stories begin when they are left alone behind enemy lines in different circumstances during the invasion of Novoslava in 2121.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Schwarov
Mikhail Alexandrovich Schwarov
Mikhail Alexandrovich Schwarov is a Wanzer pilot of the Rutenian Army's 2nd mechanized platoon. A skilled pilot that lacks experience who is known for minor violations of discipline, and he is considered maverick by his commanding officers. During the attack by the Garamonian army, he faces the main enemy force and his platoon is annihilated, alongside his own Wanzer. While he barely escapes the wreck, he finds himself isolated, with no allies to rely on.
Olga Sergeevna Kalinina
Olga Sergeevna Kalinina
Olga Sergeevna Kalinina is a police officer in Novoslava. A former Wanzer pilot in Garamonia until she lost her only daughter during an armed confrontation between the army and the people of the NGFP. As a consequence, she left the army. After obtaining Rutenian citizienship she became a police officer in Novoslava who investigates trafficking cases.
Leonid Fedorovich Ostermann
A former mercenary, Leonid Fedorovich Ostermannis is now a high-ranking member of the Novoslava liberation movement NGFP. When the leader of the NGFP is assassinated, he is framed as the culprit and sentenced to death. His public execution was faked, and he was instead imprisoned. He knows nothing of the circumstances behind the assassination, nor why he was kept alive.