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| name = Dale Ortega
| birthdate =
| died = 17 April [[3133]]<ref name=TRoPc12>''The Ruins of Power'', ch. 12</ref>
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| affiliation = [[House Ortega (Republic of the Sphere)|House Ortega]]
| rank = [[Lieutenant]]
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| profession = Noble
| parents = [[Sergio Ortega]] (father)<ref name=TRoPc1>''The Ruins of Power'', ch. 1</ref>
| siblings = [[Austin Ortega]]<ref name=TRoPc1/>
| spouse = [[Hanna Leong]] (lover)<ref name=TRoPc1/>
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'''Dale Ortega''' was the first-born son of [[Sergio Ortega]] and, until his death in [[3133]], was first in line to inherit the governorship of [[Mirach]].

==History==
Dale grew up alongside his younger brother [[Austin Ortega|Austin]] on Mirach, governed by his father Sergio. His mother died in his youth, killed in an air transport crash.<ref name=TRoPc2>''The Ruins of Power'', ch. 2</ref>

Through training and perseverance, Dale was able to rise through the ranks of the [[1st Cossack Lancers|First Cossack Lancers]], the personal bodyguards of the governor of Mirach, and become a Lieutenant and a Republic citizen. In the post-[[Blackout]] years, he earned ribbons for combat twice, once for fighting copper miners on Ventrale in [[3132]], and again for helping fend off a possibly [[Jacob Bannson]]-funded mercenary attack on the same continent. Along the way, he gained a reputation as somewhat of a womanizer, at least until he found a deeper relationship with journalist [[Hanna Leong]].<ref name=TRoPc1/><ref name=TRoPc2/> By April [[3133]] he planned to resign his commission and move on to civilian life.<ref name=TRoPc1/>

In early [[3133]], Mirach faced a crisis. Minister of Information [[Elora Rimonova]], in close association with Legate [[Calvilena Tortorelli]], plotted and agitated against the government.<ref name=TRoP>''The Ruins of Power''</ref> Hanna Leong probed Elora's past and activities, finding evidence that she was planning to overthrow Governor Ortega and offer the planet to the [[Steel Wolves]].<ref name=TRoPc4>''The Ruins of Power'', ch. 4</ref> After Hanna attempted to present her findings to the governor in early April, Elora summarily fired her and ordered her assassination. On 15 April, shortly after her firing, Hanna was struck down, killed in an apparent car accident right in front of her boyfriend Dale.<ref>''The Ruins of Power'', ch. 6-9</ref>

Dale quickly grew obsessed with finding the truth about Hanna's death. He did not have much chance to investigate, though. On 16 April, Governor [[Sergio Ortega]] placed the First Cossack Lancers under the legate's command, merging them into the legate's [[Mirach Home Guard]]. Two days later, while participating in the Lancers' final training exercise before dispersion, Dale was himself assassinated on Elora's command, his death made to look like an accident.<ref>''The Ruins of Power'', ch. 9-14</ref>

==Physical Description==
Dale stood at 195 centimeters tall with closely cropped thick black hair and gray eyes. He had a well-trimmed moustache, a straight nose, and the physique of a long-distance runner, and was generally seen as good-looking.<ref name=TRoPc1/><ref name=TRoPc2/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Ruins of Power]]'' (novel)

[[Category:Republic of the Sphere Characters|Ortega, Dale]]

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