Michael Liberty

Michael Daniel Liberty is the main character in StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade. A Tarsonian reporter, his life is threatened by political interests involved in illegal dumping activities. In order to keep him alive, his boss arranges for him to be "embedded" on the Norad II, the command ship of Alpha Squadron commander General Edmund Duke (who is referred to as "Colonel" for much of the novel).

He witnesses the Protoss nearly attack Duke's fleet at Mar Sara. Once on the planet, he makes contact with Marshall Jim Raynor and Sons of Korhal operative Sarah Kerrigan. After Raynor is arrested by General Duke, Liberty becomes affiliated with the Sons of Korhal, and promises to work with Arcturus Mengsk, its leader, and "make him look good". In return, Mengsk helps him rescue his friend Raynor from Duke's prison ship.

Present for most of the important events of StarCraft Episode I, he witnesses Mengsk abandoning Kerrigan to the Zerg on the space platform over Tarsonis. He escapes and uses his media influence against Mengsk. Liberty has made cameos in StarCraft: Uprising and StarCraft: Queen of Blades.