Karl Gustav Kempff
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 Admiral Kempff (798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE)) | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Affiliation: | Galactic Empire |
| Rank: | High admiral (posthumous) |
| Flagship(s): | Jotunheim |
| Status: | Deceased (killed in action) |
| Born: | 762 UC (453 IC / 3562 CE) |
| Died: | April 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) |
| Played by: | Genda Tesshō |
Karl Gustav Kempff (Japanese: カール・グスタフ・ケンプ) was an admiral of the Galactic Empire.
Kempff was born in 762 UC (453 IC / 3562 CE) and died in 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) at the Eighth Battle of Iserlohn. As punishment for being defeated, he was posthumously promoted only one rank instead of the customary two ranks. (LOGH: 'Portraits', 'The Return')
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Military service
In late 794 UC (485 IC / 3594 CE), Kempff participated in the Sixth Battle of Iserlohn as an Imperial Walküre ace and destroyed at least 2 Alliance Spartanian fighters as well as surviving a grazing hit to his fighter. (HBSHBL: 'A Hundred Billion Stars, One Ambition')
Rank history
- Captain - HBSHBL: 'A Hundred Billion Stars, One Ambition'
- Vice admiral — LOGH: 'The Castrop Rebellion'
- Admiral — LOGH: 'Portraits'
- High admiral (posthumous) — LOGH: 'Determination and Ambition'
Appendices
Apocrypha
Karl Gustav is also the name of the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustav (with the full name of Carl Gustav Folke Hubertus Bernadotte). The Karl-Gustav is also a rocket-launcher, mainly used by the German and Swiss army. Kempff (more commonly Kempf) is a surname of German origin derived from kämpf, which refers to fighting.
Appearances
- LOGH:
(16)
- 'Empire's Afterglow' (first appearance)
- 'Cool, Clear Artificial Eyes'
- 'When the Rain of Grief Comes...'
- 'Liberation of the Frontier Zone'
- 'The Battle of Amritsar Starzone'
- 'New Trends'
- 'The Lippstadt Conspiracy'
- 'The Day Before Destiny'
- 'Farewell, Distant Memories'
- 'First Battle' (flashback)
- 'Portraits'
- 'One Narrow Thread'
- 'Lost Things'
- 'War Without Weapons'
- 'Fortress vs Fortress'
- 'The Return' (death)
Name variations
- Karl Gustav Kempf (Novels)
- Karl Gustav Kempff (DVD subtitles)
- Karl Gustav Kempf (LD subtitles)
- カール・グスタフ・ケンプ (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)
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