Oh My... Where did Ivan Volkov get that Battleship?
That's the question Karpov asked himself when he first learned about the challenge. Volkov! He was back again, from some other Meridian, and intent on putting an end to the one Fedorov and Karpov had fought so long to defend.
But Volkov just made a very big mistake. Was it hubris, blind ambition, or simply rabid hatred that led him to boldly challenge Karpov and Kirov to one final battle at sea, a duel to settle their long vendetta once and for all.
Vladimir Karpov was a happy man the day he received that challenge, and he said so.
"Come and get it!" Volkov taunted. "You come too, Fedorov, you sniveling toad. I’m going to enjoy chopping Kirov
up and putting you both in the water. Then I’ll sail up, hook the two of you
and drag your asses all the way back to my home port at Sevastopol. So what do
you say? Are you game for a nice little showdown at sea?”
“You’ve got it,
Asshole,” said Karpov. He didn’t hesitate a second.
“The one thing I
did not get to do was to put you in a grave. It will be my pleasure. When we
heard you had passed, I was very disappointed. Killing you and whatever
monstrosity of a ship you’ve built, will be a supreme joy.”
“Oh, you can try,
but Orenburg is no pushover, Karpov. I designed it to be
my flagship for the new Orenburg Federation I’ll build here after I get rid of
the two of you, and that damn ship of yours.
Good to at least see you aren’t the cowards I thought you were. I’m
going to enjoy carving your precious battlecruiser up.”
“Be careful what
you wish for, Volkov. You talk tough, but you’ve got no experience at sea. You
won’t last ten minutes in naval combat with me. I’ll box your ears so hard
you’ll be deaf for a year, and I’m going to enjoy every goddamn minute of it.
You can bet on that.”
“That may be true
for the little ships you preyed upon in the last war, but not mine. I won’t be
in a Chinese Corvette, Karpov.”
“But you will be
dead just the same.”
So where did Volkov get a ship good enough to challenge Karpov on Kirov?
Come and see!
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