Cable: A battle-hardened soldier from the future, Cable initially led the New Mutants agains Stryfe and his Mutant Liberation Front before forming the first X-Force team. His telekinetic and telepathic abilities made him a formidable opponent; though he often let his high-tech armaments do the talking.

X-23: Created in a secret government laboratory, X-23 is the result of attempts to clone the savage Wolverine utilizing only his X chromosome. With years of training as an assassin and Adamantium claws of her own, X-23 is a lethal and often brutal member of the secret X-Force team.