Empirical announcer

"All escape pods have been jettisoned. Empty. Uh&hellip; Await further orders. What? What fool ordered that!?"

- Empirical captain

An unnamed officer was an Imperial Navy captain selected by Darth Vader to command the Empirical, a scientific research vessel, prior to 2 BBY.

Biography
At some point, he enlisted in the Galactic Empire's Navy. He became an officer and was selected by Vader to command his secret research vessel, the Empirical.

When Vader's secret apprentice, Galen Marek, was rebuilt aboard the ship following a confrontation with Emperor Palpatine, the vessel was in the Dominus system. Marek managed to escape, killing many stormtroopers and other crew members. When PROXY set the ship on a collision course with the system's sun, the captain was unable to escape as PROXY also jettisoned all escape pods. The captain was killed with the rest of the crew when the Empirical plunged into the system star.

Appearances

 * The Force Unleashed (novel)