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| image = David Lear JSTBD.png
| caption = David Lear, ca. 3075
| name = David Roy Lear
| birthdate = [[3052]]<ref name=GCc19>''Grave Covenant'', ch. 19</ref><ref name=JS:TBDp78>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 78: David Lear profile</ref>
| died = 19 May [[3128]]<ref name=ED:DAp10>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10</ref>
| othernames =
| affiliation = [[Federated Suns]]
| rank =
| title =
| position = [[President of the Republic Senate|President]]<ref name=FM3085p164>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 164 - 165</ref>
| profession = Noble
| parents = [[Kai Allard-Liao]] (father)<br/>[[Deirdre Lear]] (mother)
| siblings = [[Melissa Allard-Liao]]
| spouse =
| children =
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'''David Roy Lear''' was the eldest child of [[Kai Allard-Liao]] and [[Deirdre Lear]]. He would go on to help [[Devlin Stone]] with the formation of the [[Republic of the Sphere]].

==History==
===Early Life===
David was born on [[Odell]] in [[3052]]. He was named by his mother after a deceased MechWarrior killed on [[Alyina]], [[David Jewell]], in an attempt to conceal his father's true identity. It was later revealed that David's father was Kai Allard-Liao; David Jewell, a member of the 10th Lyran Guards, was killed in action against the Jade Falcons on [[Alyina]]. Kai appropriated David Jewel's identity in order to hide his identity while on the run from Jade Falcon, and later ComStar forces. David was raised by his mother on Alyina for three years until they moved to the planet of [[Zurich]].<ref name=AoRc6>''Assumption of Risk'', ch. 6</ref><ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 78</ref>

David and his mother resided on Zurich for a year, until a news report depicting his mother's heroism protecting a medical clinic attracted the attention of [[Tormano Liao]], Kai's uncle. After seeing a picture of David, Tormano correctly guessed that David is Kai's son and invited Deirdre and David to [[Solaris VII]], where both become his personal ''guests'' on his house on Equatus. In reality, Tormano held Deirdre and David as ''de facto'' prisoners to force Kai to obey Tormano, and not interfere in his machinations against the Capellan Confederation. Deirdre unsuccessfully attempted to escape with her son on 27 April [[3056]], as they were captured by Tormano's guards. Tormano ordered that Deidre was to be executed, but David not harmed in order to use him as future leverage against Kai. A team of [[Clan Jade Falcon]] [[Elemental]]s, led by Kai's former enemy and later friend, [[Taman Malthus]], arrived just in time to prevent the guards from carrying out the order, rescuing Deidre and David.<ref>''Assumption of Risk'', ch. 18-35</ref>

After Kai defeated Tormano, he and Deidre reconciled, and Kai was for the first time introduced to his son.<ref>''Assumption of Risk'', ch. 38</ref>

===Jihad===
During the [[Word of Blake Jihad]], David vanished in approximately [[3067]], and his family didn't hear anything about him for three years. It was later revealed that David was held captive in a Blakist camp on [[Kittery]], where he met another prisoner, [[Devlin Stone]]. David became Devlin's friend and trusted confidant. David helped Stone to create the [[Kittery Prefecture]], and later convinced his father Kai to present Stone to [[Victor Steiner-Davion]], a meeting which was key to the creation of [[Stone's Coalition]].<ref>''Ghost War'', ch. 13</ref>

===Death===
David died in early [[3128]], a loss which was devastating for Devlin Stone. Cast adrift without his best friend and confidant, he quickly became a virtual recluse, and two years later he resigned and disappeared.<ref name=ER3145p83>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 83</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Assumption of Risk]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Ghost War]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Grave Covenant]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''

[[Category:Federated Suns Characters|Lear, David]]
[[Category:Republic of the Sphere Characters|Lear, David]]

David Lear - Revision history

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