Ada Byron

A violet gown, dark stockings, and heeled shoes form her preferred look, set off by a pair of earrings. Her hair falls in a blonde shade, and her eyes carry a pale blue tint.

In her exchange with Section 9's chief, Ada comes across as poised and unfailingly polite, yet firmly loyal to her nation's agenda. She voices genuine regret at being unable to help an old associate and even confesses a trace of envy for the devotion he shows another woman, hinting at warmth beneath her official composure.

Roughly six years pass before Ada crosses paths again with Daisuke Aramaki, who intercepts her at her waiting helicopter. He presses her for details on GHOST, the mercenary outfit then contracted to her agency. She acknowledges the arrangement but explains the squad is locked into a classified operation she has no power to cancel, and warns that the entire team, records and all, will be erased once the job concludes. When Aramaki confirms that one of its members is irreplaceable to him, Ada offers her apologies, framing the assignment as vital to her country and GHOST as the ideal instrument for it. Only the American President, she notes, holds enough authority to release them.

The moment also turns personal. After Aramaki addresses her as Mrs. Byron, she remarks that even after all their years he never simply calls her Ada, then boards her aircraft admitting she envies the woman he is so desperate to save. Later she reaches John Smith just as he prepares to have his men gun down the GHOST operatives for failing to take Patrick Huge alive, ordering the operation halted and the team held. When Smith protests that she lacks the standing to intervene, she implies that a higher authority backs the call.