Emma 'Sundance' Rosier is confirmed by DICE's community manager as non-binary using they/them pronouns—the series' first such character—with media coverage noting their Black presentation and hair details as deliberate representation choices. Other Specialists include origins from India (Navin Rao), Mexico (Santiago 'Dozer' Espinoza), South Korea (Ji-Soo Paik), Romania (Constantin 'Angel' Anghel), and South Africa (Wikus 'Casper' van Daele), presented as part of a global 'No-Pats' refugee force in a climate-disrupted 2042 setting.

EA's inclusive design team assisted with the Sundance announcement to emphasize character 'coolness' over identity, and the studio issued a Positive Play charter stressing a 'globally inclusive and diverse community' welcoming all races, genders, and orientations. No character creator exists, no romance systems, and no campaign narrative centers identity politics or systemic critiques; the climate/refugee premise was explicitly framed by devs as gameplay-driven spectacle rather than commentary. The non-binary element and highlighted diversity in the fixed roster constitute noticeable progressive casting and representation that goes beyond incidental background variety, elevating the score into the mid-range without making ideology the core premise.