Karl Gustav Kempff

Thumb 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')

Rank history

• Captain - HBSHBL: 'A Hundred Billion Stars, One Ambition'
• Vice admiral — LOGH: 'Empire's Afterglow'
• 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:
  • '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 Kempff (DVD subtitles)
• Karl Gustav Kempf (LD subtitles)
• カール・グスタフ・ケンプ (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)