Kampe Kampe was a Deep Core planet with a Type II atmosphere and an arid climate . By 12 ABY , Superior General Sander Delvardus , a warlord of the Galactic Empire , maintained a fortress in one of Kampe ' s labyrinthine canyons . Armed presence was light on the Deep Core world , however , due to nearly all of the warlord ' s money being funneled into the construction of the Super Star Destroyer " Night Hammer " elsewhere in the system . After Admiral Natasi Daala had killed Delvardus in order to unify the Imperial remnant forces , she traveled with her fleet to Kampe to discover what the former warlord had channeled his resources into . At the fortress , the admiral persuaded Delvardus ' s second - in - command , Ivan Cronus , to join her faction , and he subsequently revealed the " Night Hammer " s existence to her . Description . Kampe was a small planet located within the Kampe system of the Deep Core . Orbiting its star at the outer edge of its habitable zone , the planet had lower - than - standard gravity . Kampe ' s Type II atmosphere was pale green in color . Although the planet ' s air was thin enough to render breathing without a breath mask uncomfortable for members of the Human species , cold and dry gusts of wind could still be experienced on the Deep Core world . In the distant past , floods had washed through Kampe ' s surface , but by 12 ABY those had dried up , with only labyrinthine canyons left as a result . By that time , Kampe was an arid world of barren rocks and rusty sands , and blistered cracks and fissures on its surface resembled a network of veins . History . In 5 ABY , when the self - styled Superior General Sander Delvardus lost the Eriadu Authority — his splinter faction that had broken away from the Galactic Empire — to a series of attacks by the New Republic military , he relocated his remaining forces to the Deep Core . Delvardus established his capital on Kampe , where he maintained a fortress in one of the planet ' s canyons , engaging in a war of attrition with other Imperial warlords of the Deep Core . Seven years later , Admiral Natasi Daala executed Delvardus and twelve other warlords at the Tsoss Beacon planetoid after a failed conference with the goal of unifying the remnants of the Empire . Having learned the secret location of Delvardus ' s fortress from the files of one of his rivals and curious about the former Superior General ' s proclamations of large military expenditures , Daala led her newly formed fleet of Star Destroyers to Kampe . Once there , the admiral and her second - in - command , Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon , accompanied by a squadron of Gamma assault shuttles and a contingent of stormtroopers , traveled across the planet ' s surface to Delvardus ' s fortress . Standing in front of the structure ' s doors , Daala offered Colonel Ivan Cronus , the officer in charge of the former warlord ' s fortress , to join her forces , giving him a recording of the Tsoss Beacon conference as well as Delvardus ' s body , preserved in a force field . After an hour of deliberation , Cronus agreed to join Daala ' s faction and then took her and Pellaeon to the edge of the Kampe system in order to show the admiral the project on which Delvardus had spent all his credits — the Super Star Destroyer " Night Hammer " . Inhabitants . By the time Admiral Natasi Daala visited Kampe , there was virtually no armed presence to be seen around the entire planet , with nearly all of Superior General Delvardus ' s monetary resources having been spent on the construction of the warship " Night Hammer " , which was being kept at the edge of the Kampe system . However , Delvardus ' s fortress housed a contingent of armed soldiers under the command of Colonel Ivan Cronus . Locations . Sander Delvardus maintained a fortress in a secret location within one of Kampe ' s canyons . The structure had an imposing facade and stone doors five times the height of an adult Human . The fortress had hangars on its premises , with at least one armored fast transport being kept there . Nevertheless , Admiral Daala was not impressed by Delvardus ' s fortress , given his proclaimed extensive military spending . Behind the scenes . The planet used as headquarters by Superior General Delvardus went unnamed in its first appearance in " Darksaber " , a 1995 novel written by Kevin J . Anderson . The 2012 reference book " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " was the first to identify Kampe and placed it in grid square L - 11 .