Zahara Cody

Dr. Zahara Cody is one of the main protagonists of the novel Star Wars: Death Troopers. She was the chief medical officer and one of the only survivors of the viral outbreak aboard "The Purge".

Bio
Zahara Cody came from a wealthy family, whom she left to study medicine. She soon found herself as a doctor aboard the Imperial prison barge, "Purge". When The Purge's engines were damaged during a transit to a detainment moon, a group was sent to board a nearby derlict star destroyer to scavenge for parts.

The boarding party brought back the airborne strain of a terrible diseases (Imperial Bio-weaopons project "Blackwing). Cody, posessing an immunity, was one of the only survivors and managed to use her blood to create an anti-virus to treat those infected by the airborne strain.

Cody, along with the Longo brothers (Trig and Cale), and two smugglers, them discovered the virus reanimates those who have recently died into the living dead. Luckily, they managed to escape to the star destroyer, where the undead crew awaited them.

Aboard the star destroyer, Cale Longo was infected and killed, while Cody and the remaining survivors escaped on an imperial shuttle.