Denno Yanglan Denno Yanglan was a human male who worked as a medical supervisor in the Imperial Surgical Corps of the Galactic Empire . Defecting to the Rebel Alliance on Bakura , Yanglan uncovered a traitor aboard the " Wayfaring Stranger " and joined the crew in repelling Imperial boarders . Biography . A human male , Denno Yanglan lived with his family on the planet Cridark II . Lacking the finances to enter higher education , Yanglan joined the Galactic Empire as a medic in the Imperial Surgical Corps , where he realized the easiest way to advance was to take additional training . He rose to the position of medical supervisor after taking extra training in behavior modification , attitude alteration , and interrogation . The Empire found his empathetic and persuasive talents useful , and Yanglan maintained a professional attitude . He deposited most of his salary into an account for his family on Cridark II . Yanglan was sent to Bakura and served at the Imperial garrison base ' s medical center . He made his only real friend on the planet in weather officer Rafe Shahverdian . Yanglan witnessed an old man die resisting his drugs . This incident affected Yanglan , weighing on his conscience and causing him to change his attitude . He came into contact with the Alliance to Restore the Republic and decided to defect , taking up their offer of transport back to settled space . Yanglan hoped to relocate his family to a world sympathetic to the Alliance , in order to protect them from reprisal for his defection from the Empire . He hastily packed up his belongings , including a comlink , medical supplies and a thousand credits , and was met by Shahverdian and Mayr Stillman , supervisor of the medical center . Hoping to get Shahverdian alone , Yanglan walked with him to Salis D ' aar ' s yellow - orange circle , where the Rebels were processing defectors . However , Stillman accompanied them , and Yanglan found himself unable to shake the Imperial loyalist . They boarded the " Wayfaring Stranger " , a poorly - armed transport , along with other defectors and traders , and departed Bakura . En route to a transfer station , the defectors discovered that Stillman used a subspace transmitter to alert Imperial forces ahead . Believing Stillman was defecting only to infiltrate the Alliance , Yanglan used his medical persuasion skills to force a confession from Stillman , learning that he hoped to buy his way into Imperial favor by assisting in the capture of the defectors . Yanglan joined preparations to repel the imminent Imperial attack , but was determined to no longer use his medical persuasion on innocents now that he was free from Imperial service . The " Wayfaring Stranger " dropped out of hyperspace and was confronted by an Imperial patrol vessel , whereupon the passengers prepared for boarding . Personality and traits . Denno Yanglan was a kindly man who cared and provided for his family . A professional medical supervisor , his empathetic and persuasive talents proved useful to the Galactic Empire , but his conscience weighed heavily on him after witnessing the harm caused by the drugs he sold . He was adept at first aid and other medicine , persuasion , and beast riding .