Duncan Burke was a Lyran Alliance Armed Forces officer who reported directly to Lord Marcus Roland during the Steiner occupation of Kentares IV. Roland assigned Burke the task of leading the efforts in hunting down and eliminating any resistance against the Steiner forces, a job that Burke thoroughly enjoyed doing. Burke personally killed Sir Peter Dresari and gleefully informed Ian of the grisly murder, noting that "his escape pod was scattered over the better part of a kilometer. Messy."