Director Orson Callan Krennic

Orso Callan Krennic was a Lieutenant Commander of the Galactic Republic tasked with handling the top secret Death Star project. Krennic continued his research even when the Republic became the Galactic Empire and managed to get the attention of the Emperor's emissary Lord Vader thus sparking a rivalry with Vader's other inner circle officers including Grand Admiral Thrawn and Grand Moff Tarkin. Krennic managed to fool his old friend Galen Walton Erso in order to advance the project. At Vader's orders Krennic dispatched Commander DT-F16 and her troops to take a massive kyber crystal needed for the Death Star's superlaser to Captain Slavin's Imperial Star Destroyer, but the operation was compromised due to rebel intervention from both the Spectres and the Partisans.