Zem

**Zem** is a commander of the 44th Task Force of the Gra Valkas Empire, commanding from aboard the flagship, the cruiser *Dascht Ozean*.

## Personality

Like most Gra Valkas top officials, Zem is highly overconfident and arrogant man who thinks the Gra Valkas Empire is undefeated.

He is also sadistic as he gleefully imagines of turning Nagoya city into BBQ by fire bombing it. However, ironically, he is turned into BBQ himself after the 44th Task Force was utterly destroyed by missile strikes from JASDF's F-2 Fighters, which burned him to death.

## Chronology

### New World War Arc

Before commencing operation to attack the Japanese mainland, a meeting was held between Gra Valkas and Riem military officials at the Gra Valkas Imperial Airbase in the Hikilga, Riem Kingdom. In the operation meeting room at the Imperial Army headquarters, a map of Japan acquired by Riem some time after their transfer and a map taken from the sky were spread out. Zem listened the explanation from Imperial Army Executive Murnow with Imperial Air Corps Commander Macina and Super Heavy Bombing Unit Commander Arley Tolliger about the attack plan on Japan. Murnow gave them an operation:

* *In order for Macina to avoid radar detection, the Air Corps consisted of fighter-bombers would fly at ultra-low altitude to bomb Awara City, in Fukui Prefecture. The Air Corp also served as decoys to divert JSDF attention from the Guti Maun bombers.*
* *In order for Arley Tolliger to make full 200 Guti Maun bombers taking advantage of their extraordinary performance of ultra-high attitude to firebomb Nagoya into ashes. The operation could achieve the overwhelming projection power, ultra-high altitude navigation ability, and overwhelming speed of the super-heavy bombing regiment that far exceeds the attack aircraft of the Army Air Corps. It called Operation Barbecue.*
* *In order for Zem to make the 44th Task force consists of 56 ships in charge of radio blockage 300 km from Japan with air support from Riem Kingdom Fleet. Later, if conditions permit, they will assist the air force to bombard Awara City.*

The operation carried out in response was the Nahanath assault operation, which was the main force of the Home Fleet, but the military headquarters executives did not touch on the specifics.

Then Murnow made other operation for Riem military officials that Riem Dragon Carrier Fleet would attack the city of Duro to destroy Japanese merchant ships to intimidate Japan and reduce their trading capability. After the attack in Duro was completed, Riem Dragon Carrier Fleet would go to the northwest of Japan and acted as bait to distract and disturb the JASDF. Macina spoke Murnow cautious that he would execute it, but he felt that he was too wary of Japan from the information originally issued by the navy headquarters. Zem agreed with Macina's doubts. He highly believed that the Gra Valkas attack on Japan was a piece of cake as like the rest of the Gra Valkas officials, totally ignorant about the JSDF's true military capability and outright refusing to take the Japanese seriously after their horrendous loss in Mu and the destruction of Valkyries Air Base were due to extreme military blunders and carelessness. Furthermore, even though the Gra Valkas Military HQ inaccurately re-evaluated Japan as the same level of power as the Kain Divine Kingdom back in Yugudo, the re-evaluation was still considered to be incredibly unbelievable and absurd, leading to the fact that no one in Gra Valkas military bother researching Japan's mainland defense. They were little complained about that, but Murnow strongly shouted all the Gra Valkas and Riem military officials full of extreme confidence and passion for victory. Macina understood the policy of the military headquarters. Arley Tolliger was enthusiastic to name Nagoya "Operation BBQ" and scorched Nagoya. Zem even stated that he couldn't wait to see Nagoya turned into BBQ by Guti Maun firebombing.

As his fleet set sailed from Riem Kingdom, 15 JASDF F-2 fighters launched 63 anti-ship missiles at them. Minutes after leaving Riem's waters, Zem shockingly witnessed his ships being picked off one by one from unknown directions by guided missiles in which he stated that the technology was absolutely impossible. Utterly panicked, he ordered his ships to open fire blindly to no prevail and his ship also narrowly survived the missile strike in the first three minutes.

Two minutes later, the 44th Task Force was showered with missile barrage and was utterly destroyed. Zem eventually forced to eat his own words as he was turned burned to death by the missile attack on his flagship, effectively turning him into a human BBQ before he could do to the Japanese.