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Having join his line of work way a bit earlier than Maverick, Artem sought to show Maverick "the ropes" of a bounty hunter, but was always dismiss by Maverick whenever he tried, not helped by the latter's significantly more successful track-record compared to himself.
As of current day, Artem now has a mostly one-sided friendly rivalry with the latter, emphasis on "one-sided" btw.
Having met the latter 8 years earlier when he first started working as a bounty hunter, Maverick has always been confused and annoyed with Artem's constant pestering and attempt at coaxing him into a rivalry, but puts up with him and doesn't really hate the latter.