Major Ganz is the eyes and ears of Colonel Shultz. Unlike the original series where Ganz is a bumbling fool, in Yamato 2199, Ganz is a capable and fair officer. It was Ganz who first reported the Yamato has jumped space from Mars to Jupiter and then to Europa. When the Yamato was beginning her assualt on the Pluto base, Ganz helped calculate the satelite angle in attempting to destroy her. Unfortunately, Yamato survived the assualt and proceeded to destroy the Forward base. It was Ganz who conceive Shultz to evacuate the base before there was anymore unnecessary casualties. Sadly, Lt. Cmd Jarletora was killed when his ship broke formation and bought time for Shultz and Ganz to escape just as the Yamato was pursuing.