Penn Pershing, an Imperial scientist, entered this world on an astronomical object, brought forth by a mother who served as a doctor in their shared community. When Penn was still a young man, she unfortunately perished from heart failure. This tragedy occurred because their planet lacked the fundamental organ cloning technology that could have saved her. This loss ignited a fire in Pershing, leading him to commit his existence to perfecting cloning technology and ensuring its accessibility across the entire galaxy. Many years afterward, as part of his involvement in the New Republic Amnesty Program, Pershing shared the narrative of his mother's demise before an audience at Coruscant's prestigious Galaxies Opera House. As a child, he spent countless days in her workspace, envisioning a sophisticated laboratory – a memory he later shared with Elia Kane while procuring scientific equipment from a decommissioned Star Destroyer.