Imperial Medical Corps The Imperial Medical Corps was a division within the Imperial Military of the reconstituted Sith Empire that was charged with the medical treatment and care of the Imperial forces — though like much of the Empire , the Corps discriminated against those who were not Human or pureblood Sith . The division was deployed on both active battlefields and conquered planets , and the Corps fell under the jurisdiction of the Sphere of Biotic Science and the member of the Empire ' s ruling Dark Council who controlled that Sphere of Influence within the Empire . History . The Imperial Medical Corps was founded well before the end of the Great Galactic War with the Galactic Republic , and members of the Corps accompanied the Imperial Military ' s invasion fleet when the Sith Empire attacked the Republic ' s capital planet Coruscant in 3653 BBY . After the Sith Lord Darth Malgus and his strike team successfully attacked the Jedi Temple and destroyed Coruscant ' s defense grid , Malgus ordered his subordinate Adraas to summon a medical team from the medical ship " Steadfast " . The team brought along several medical droids and gurneys with them to treat the injured members of the Sith strike team , and Malgus overrode their restrictions regarding the treatment of aliens in order to force the doctors to treat his Twi ' lek lover , Eleena Daru . In the years following the attack on Coruscant and the subsequent signing of the Treaty of Coruscant , which ended the Great Galactic War , the Medical Corps continued to serve alongside the rest of the military on the planets that the Empire had conquered during the war . Among such worlds was the planet Sullust , and during the Cold War that followed the Great Galactic War , the Republic xenopathologist and combat surgeon Archiban Kimble — better known as Doc — infiltrated the Corps on Sullust and posed as a member for a short time . Medical personnel were also stationed on the Imperial space station above the toxic planet Quesh , where they required new arrivals to submit Form 1423 - D in order to qualify for inoculation and be allowed to travel to the surface . Medical officers also supplied aid to the Empire ' s allies , with personnel such as Officer Willem providing support to the Imperial - aligned House of Thul on Alderaan during the planet ' s civil war . Equipment and training . As members of the Imperial Military , Corps personnel were fully trained for combat despite the fact that they were rarely involved in actual fighting . Their uniforms were white or gray robes with blue or red accents , and they carried cases of medical supplies . Corpsmen were often accompanied by silver medical droids . These droids were also stationed across the galaxy on both Imperial and contested worlds , and they offered medical aid and services to all Imperial and Sith personnel in addition to allies of the Empire . The Corps ' policies were a reflection of the anti - alien sentiment present in the rest of the Empire , as Imperial medical facilities and services were restricted to Humans or pure - blooded Sith unless ordered otherwise . As they dealt with the medical and biological treatment and services of the Empire , the Medical Corps fell under the control of the Sphere of Biotic Science — one of the twelve Spheres of Influence that were each controlled by one of the members of the Empire ' s ruling Dark Council . Behind the scenes . The Imperial Medical Corps first appeared in the 2011 novel " " , a tie - in to the then - upcoming video game " " by BioWare and LucasArts . The Corps appeared in the game itself , though it was not specifically identified as such , and it was also mentioned in the in - game Codex entry for Doc , a companion character for the Jedi Knight class . The 2012 reference guide " " established the Corps ' placement under the Sphere of Biotic Science .