Orientation " Orientation " is a short story by John Jackson Miller that was published in " Star Wars Insider " 157 . The story ties into the novel " Lords of the Sith " by Paul S . Kemp and features Darth Sidious and Darth Vader . Plot Summary . Aboard the Imperial cruiser " Obedience " , a training exercise has commenced for the twenty members aboard the ships bridge . Led by Commandant Pell Baylo , the training exercise was a battle - time simulation for the cadets while enroute to Ryloth from Coruscant . Presiding over the fictitious battle , Darth Vader loomed as Baylo shouted orders . Keeping to himself , Vader had been silently observing the Commandant ever since The Emperor had left him there on the bridge with him . And Baylo , who was now well over seventy , had yet to impress the Dark Lord . The Emperor , who had previously ordered a stop in the Denon system to consult with several chiefs of the Imperial Navy about the jumble of affiliated military schools that had once existed under the Galactic Republic , had busied himself elsewhere leaving a reluctant Vader to observe Baylo and his cadets . Pell Baylo had been the one to suggest that the Emperor hold his meetings aboard the " Defiance " , though , Darth Vader had saw through the offer . Baylo was attempting to save his school . The " Defiance " Flight Training Institute , better known as " the Baylo School " , had been around since before the Clone Wars , under the umbrella of the Republic , and now the Galactic Empire . Despite the Empire taking charge , Naval leaders had been loathe to rein Baylo in . He had treated the institute as his own personal property , ignoring schedules and deviating from the deadlines that had been set before him , and now it seemed , as Vader knew , that the famed institute would be taken away . Baylo , still shouting orders and training the young crew , some who were on their first orientation flights , had shown signs of the obvious injuries he had sustained over the years , furthering Vader ' s belief that the commandant was unfit for his role . Still docked in the Denon system , word came up that Vice Admiral Tallatz had boarded . Noting that that had been the last of the Emperor ' s guests , Pell Baylo had given the order for the navigator to plot the hyperspace route to Christophsis where the " Defiance " was scheduled to meet with the " Perilous " . When the navigator had determined the route , Baylo had decided that he would take a second look , to which he determined that the route the navigator plotted would send them into Wild Space on account of failing to account for a singularity . Scorned and embarrassed , the navigator stood back while Baylo plotted the correct route . After an exchange of offhanded comments and would - be insults with the Dark Lord , Baylo ordered the jump to hyperspace when the docking was complete exited the bridge to prepare for potential meetings . Darth Vader , who was still in keeping to his thoughts , sensed the apprehension and confusion in the navigator that Baylo had just corrected . Vader ordered an immediate hold on the order to jump to hyperspace . Descending into the stairwell where the navigator was , Vader learns that her name is Rae Sloane of Ganthel . Upon further questioning from Vader , Sloane admits that , upon a second viewing of the coordinates set by the commandant , something didn ' t seem right . Only a little while later , in the anteroom of the administrative deck , Darth Vader steps in to find Pell Baylo waiting outside , observing once again the man ' s frailty . With the ship now in hyperspace enroute to Christophsis , Baylo had been summoned by the Emperor for a personal meeting . Expressing to Vader his discontent to waiting outside of his own office , Baylo watched as four admirals silently exited the room while giving him only brief glances on their way out . Vader , signaling to enter the office , follows Baylo in where the Emperor was waiting for them . Here , the Emperor lays out his plans for the Imperial Academy which included vast modifications to streamline operations . The Emperor had ultimately decided that " the Baylo School " would be folded into an existing training center on Corellia and that the commandant would take a chair at the navigation institute planet side , all to which Pell Baylo ultimately declined . The Emperor , who was surprised by the response , allowed him to continue as Baylo affirmed his loyalty to the late Republic . Baylo reinforces his statement by claiming to not recognize the legitimacy of the Galactic Empire while also stating that he would not hand over the " Defiance " . Instead , Baylo offered his resignation to the Emperor from the Navy maintaining that he would not give in to the Emperor ' s demands . The Emperor , amused by his reaction , inquired as to why he had the audacity to respond to which Darth Vader made it known that Baylo had planned to destroy the " Defiance " , and everyone aboard , by plotting the hyperspace coordinates to emerge into the sun near Christophsis ; this plan Vader had foiled with the help of the navigator Rae Sloane . Dropping out of hyperpspace and realizing that his plan had failed , Pell Baylo made known his true thoughts of the Emperor . He accused him of corrupting the Navy , turning something honorable into something corrupt . Before he could finish insulting the Emperor , Darth Vader Force choke d Baylo and killed him . Disappointed with the Dark Lord , the Emperor made it known that Baylo could have still been useful . At that moment , Rae Sloane entered to inform the Emperor that Captain Luitt of the " Perilous " had hailed them , ready to resume the journey to Ryloth . Sloane , who just realized her now former superior was dead , was then instructed by the Emperor to relay new information to her superiors at the academy : the ship ' s name was to be changed from " Defiance " - to " Obedience " .