Georgios Gagarin

Georgios Gagarin was an early space explorer responsible for the leadership of Project Valeria, the first instance of faster than light travel, and is credited as one of the most important explorers in early exploration beyond the Sol System. Georgios, believed to have been descended from one Yuri Gagagarin, was born in the European governate thirty years after the estsablishment of the United Nations Emergency Mandate. Gagarin led a relatively mundane early life, however, his exceptional gift with the sciences did earn him a position at the increasingly important Qadi Ayyad University in Morroco where Gagarin met many of the scientists that would become responsible for several key innovations and projects that led to the spread of humanity to the stars. After graduation, Gagarin enrolled in the UNEM Aerospace Peacekeeping Forces, and served with distinction particularly in the Belter Wars, where he won multiple awards for meritorious service.
After his time in the armed forces, Gagarin returned to the scientific community, joining the European Governate's Advanced Propulsion Agency, serving as a test pilot primarily, testing out increasingly advanced Reaction drives culminating the fusion based Taron Drive which served as the basis for Project Exodus. Closer to retirement, when the Baron-Palmer Jump Drive was developed, Gagarin volunteered one last time, to lead the first manned flight, Project Valeria, testing the new drive. Being one of the first people ever to bring about the age faster than light travel, particularly after a long career advancing the sciences, was a final testament to Gagarin's legacy. The date of his death is currently unknown due to data corruption, but is presumed to have taken place in in the 220s. After his death, Gagarin's history was preserved as part of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation Standard Build Template databases, those which sought to preserve cultural history as well as scientific data. However, after the Great Cataclysm, much of this data has been corrupted, and some of the smaller details and dates have been lost to history.