Brandei was a human male who served the Imperial Navy

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of the Galactic Empire

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during the Galactic Civil War

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Brandei was born on Mantooine in 45 BBY during the last decades of the Galactic Republic

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. As a cadet from an Outer Rim Territories

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world, he had to struggle to overcome discrimination; even exemplary work gained him only marginal notice from his professors and superiors. Nonetheless, his academy training imbued him with a definite air of purpose and confidence, and he made his mark in the Imperial military in spite of this initial prejudice. Brandei spent much of his career aboard the Star Destroyer

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Judicator, assigned to the area of the Core Worlds

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embracing Garos IV.
In 6 BBY, he held the rank of Senior Lieutenant, and it was at his suggestion that his old friend Tork Winger, an administrator on Garos IV, adopted a Rebel orphan, the girl later known as Alex Winger.
By 3 ABY, Brandei had been transferred aboard the Super-class Star Destroyer

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Executor

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, where he performed bridge duty as a Technical Services Officer with the Fleet Support Branch, holding the title of commander and the overall responsibility for the up-keep, maintenance, and combat readiness of the ship's twelve TIE squadrons.
Shortly after the Battle of Hoth

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, however, he received notice of a transfer back the Judicator, aboard which he apparently served at the Battle of Endor

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By 6 ABY, New Republic Intelligence believed that he had received a further promotion soon after Endor.