David Burton is James Burton's son, Kate Burton's director, and the pilot of the Vixen space fighter in Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction. He was born in Gradius year 6790, David was a descendant of James Burton and the director of Kate Burton, having as much pilot experience as James and Kate, and also has his high ESP abilities. He pilots his spacecraft Vixen with his AI Gaudie and sets out to repel the Bacterian and the ORN Empire to save James Burton.