Andrej Kepzen

Andrej Kepzen was a Human male who served as a bomber pilot in the Republic Navy of the and later Imperial Navy. During his career, he fought in the last year of the Clone Wars for the Galactic Republic. Kepzen continued serving the newly-created Galactic Empire, and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel, and commanded a bomber training squadron stationed on Imperial Center. In 8 BBY, Kepzen was test piloting a in the mountains of Coruscant, near the city. The craft caught on fire due to an malfunction, and his commander told him to eject from the doomed craft. However, knowing that it was headed straight for the heavily populated outskirts of Imperial City, Kepzen instead steered the craft a kilometer away from the area, being killed in the crash. He posthumously became the first recipient of the medal Hero of the Empire.