Bendling

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Lieutenant Commander Bendling (792 UC (483 IC / 3592 CE))
Gender:	Male
Affiliation:	Galactic Empire
Rank:	Lieutenant commander
Status:	Unknown
Played by:	Morikawa Toshiyuki

Bendling (Japanese: ベンドリング) was an Imperial lieutenant commander who served in military intelligence and ended up defecting to the Free Planets Alliance.

Contents 1 History 2 Personal life 3 Appendices 3.1 Appearances

History

In December 792 UC (483 IC / 3592 CE), Bendling was assigned to serve under Commander Reinhard von Lohengramm (then Müsel) aboard the cruiser Hässliche Entlein for a special mission by Rear Admiral Arbentraut. The operation would take them into Alliance territory, to stop an attempted defection by Imperial Count Herxheimer. He told Lohengramm that his role was that of an inspector, but in reality, he had secret orders to find and delete important information regarding the family of Marquis Wilhelm von Littenheim that Herxheimer was in possession of. (RET: 'Chapter I', 'Chapter IV')

Bendling criticized Lohengramm's decisions several times and the two argued frequently. They ended up capturing Herxheimer's vessel, only to find that the count had died during an accident. The only survivor was his daughter, Margareta von Herxheimer. After accessing the sensitive information aboard the deceased count's ship, Bendling was so shaken by it that he decided to defect to the Alliance with the 10-year old Margereta, as her guardian. She agreed, with some reluctance at first, and the two of them left the Hässliche Entlein aboard her ship to the Alliance. (RET: 'Chapter II', 'Chapter III', 'Chapter IV')

Upon returning to Iserlohn Fortress, Lohengramm reported that Bendling had been killed in action, to prevent his parents from being punished for their son's defection. His ultimate fate is unknown. (RET: 'Chapter IV')

Personal life

Bendling was the third son of a baron and was single. (RET: 'Chapter IV')

Appendices

Appearances

v•d•e Notable soldiers of the Galactic Empire
Flag officers	Abendroth • Welner Aldringen • Alexander Barthauser • Karl Edward Bayerlein • Hans Eduard Bergengrün • Fritz Josef Bittenfeld • Bohlen • Otho von Braunschweig • Volker Axel von Bülow • Buxtehude • Carnap • Dickel • Ehrenberg • Ernst von Eisenach • Erlache • Eugen • Adalbert von Fahrenheit • Anton Fellner • Ferdewelt • Flegel • Fusseneger • Gräbner • Alfred Grillparzer • Richard von Grimmelshausen • Grünemann • Herbert • Hildesheim • Keit • Keltring • Hermann von Keltring • Karl Heintz von Keltring • Karl Gustav Kempff • Ulrich Kesler • Siegfried Kircheis • Klapf • Klasen • Bruno von Knappstein • Kosel • Alfred von Landsberg • Helmut Lennenkampf • Wilhelm von Littenheim • Reinhard von Lohengramm • Hermann von Lüneburg • Cornelius Lutz • Ernest Mecklinger • Willibald Joachim von Merkatz • Christopf von Michaelsen • Wolfgang Mittermeyer • Gregor von Mückenberger • Wilhelm von Mückenberger • Neidhart Müller • Paul von Oberstein • Orlau • Ovlesser • Patricken • Oskar von Reuenthal • Sahm • Dietrich Saucken • Schmude • Schreiter • Schrer • Leopold Schumacher • Hans Dietrich von Seeckt • Siegbert Seidlitz • Martin Otto von Siegmeister • Horst Sinzer • Sombart • Staden • Hauser von Steiermark • Steinhof • Karl Robert Steinmetz • Thoma von Stockhausen • Arthur von Streit • Isaak Fernand von Thurneysen • August Samuel Wahlen • Alfred Alois Winckler • Otto Wöhler • Zieten
Senior officers	Adenauer • Ansbach • Bendling • Burdach • Dunckel • Glaeser • Guzman • Jakob Hauptmann • Herder • Julgens • Laemmler • Hildegard von Lohengramm • Martial • Ratzel • Rauditz • Emil von Reckendorf • Konrad Rinnesal • Theodor von Rücke • Sanders • Bernhard von Schneider • Horst Schürer
Junior officers	Armsdorf • Hartmann Bertram • Drewentz • Ein • Fugenberch • Götz • Preßburg • Wyn Vandenberg
Lower ranks	Kurlich • Kurt • Kurt Singhuber • Paulus • Tonio