Kirov (Kirov Series Book 1) by Schettler John

Author:Schettler, John [Schettler, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: The Writing Shop Press
Published: 2012-03-11T08:00:00+00:00

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Aboard Kirov Admiral Volsky had convened another meeting to sort out what had happened. He was angry on several counts. He had been sleeping fitfully in his cabin, his mind running over the scant information he had gleaned from Fedorov’s books concerning this Atlantic Charter. What to do about it? He could sail Kirov down and board the KA-226 to fly in and join the meeting if he wished, but what would he say there?

He had been ruminating on the matter in his bunk, taking a few brief moments of rest, though his mind was heavy with thought. The implications of this course weighed heavily on him now. If he did attempt to join the meeting, it would soon be clear that the mysterious ship confounding the Allies was a Russian Navy vessel, yet possessing weapons and capabilities unlike any other ship in the world. How would Churchill and Roosevelt react? Would they embrace him as a potential ally, forgive the fog of war that had set them as enemies? If so, they would most certainly want to know more about his ship and its formidable new weapons. They would then come to see Kirov as a possible foil against the Germans; a means of bringing the war to a sure and swift end. How could he explain his presence there? Surely they would press him for information on the new weapon systems they had observed in action.

If he passed himself off as a contemporary, he might try and convince them that Russia possessed this awesome new technology at this very moment. They would have to believe the evidence of their own eyes. But in this instance he would present himself as just another man of their era, not a superman from another world.

What if he should tell them the truth—that he had come from a far distant future, bemused, bewildered and lost? If he did so he could then wield the awesome power of his foreknowledge as yet another weapon. Would they believe him? Could they accept the same impossible scenario he had been forced to acknowledge? And if they did believe him, they would surely realize that his knowledge of the outcome of the war, and the history that lay ahead, was the most terrible and potent weapon of all. It would take them years to try and reverse engineer his missiles or comprehend the intricate nature of the ship’s computer systems. But the old platitude that ‘knowledge was power’ would surely prevail. How could they let him blithely lecture them and then calmly board his helicopter to fly away again with such knowledge in his head?

Once in their grasp, he might be treated as an honored guest for a time, while they tried to learn all they could from him. He would have power in that event, but what demands could he make of America and Britain—to behave themselves and treat his Mother Russia like a true brother in arms after the war? He knew in his bones that there was no way he could throw in with the Allies against Germany in this war.

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