Richard P. Gryphon is the deputy chief administrator of the Ultor Corporation on Mars when the First Martian Revolution struck. Gryphon is promoted to his position after the previous Administrator became a subject in the experiments of Ultor's head scientist, Axel Capek, and is quickly intimidated into following his line. Despite his position second in seniority in the Ultor chain-of-command on Mars, he holds little sway over Colonel Masako and most definitely isn't using his power around Capek.