There were many unsuccessful heroes of the Z-War, and for the most part they were torn apart as soon as they crawled from hiding to take command. Lieutenant Colonel Kovpak was one of the few exceptions. Many of his actions have been lost to myth, but three days which would later become known as the Battle of New New Jersey have withstood rigorous testing and speculation. 1. A survivor group of roughly fifty had gathered four cargo ships just off the East coast, and had called their floating fort New New Jersey. Kovpak made arrangements for an eventual retreat to those ships.