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I thought folks might be interested in just how many characters and ships are showing up or being mentioned in this story... Here's the acknowledgements as they currently stand (20KB into Chapter 1 and an outline for the entire story, which needs a bit of tweaking). I must remember to fill in the remaining blanks...
The "Drunkard's Walk" and "Girls Girls Girls" fanfic cycles were created by Robert M. Schroeck, and are used with permission.
The "Fenspace" shared-world setting was created by Sean "S. Malaclypse Fnord" Breen. "Fenspace" is a jointly-held trademark of the Fenspace writers.
"Douglas Q. Sangnoir," "Looney Toons", "The Loon" and any representations thereof are copyright by and trademarks of Robert M. Schroeck, and are used with permission.
"Helene 'Wetter Hexe' Diedmeier" and any representations thereof are copyright by and trademarks of Helen Imre.
"Maggie 'Shadowwalker' Viel" and any representations thereof are copyright by and a trademark of Peggy Schroeck.
"The Warriors", "Warriors' World", "Warriors International" and "Warriors Alpha" are all jointly-held trademarks of The Warriors Group, and are used with permission of Robert M. Schroeck.
"Noah Scott", "Leda Swansen" and any representations thereof are copyright by and trademarks of Rob Kelk.
"R. Yoriko Nikaido", "R. Sora Hasegawa", and "R. Kohran Li" are the creations of Rob Kelk, based loosely upon the work of Kozuke Fujishima.
"R. Yayoi Fujisawa" and "Stellvia" are the creations of Rob Kelk, based loosely upon the work of Ryou Azuki.
"Hermes Universal Deliveries" is the creation of 'Griever'.
"Fateful Lightning" is the creation of Kevin 'Feinan' Eaches.
"The Floating Island" is the creation of Aaron 'Acyl' Choo Yilun.
"Blackstone" is the creation of Aaron F. Johnson, and is used with permission.
"Buckaroo", "Jet Car", and "World Watch One" are the creations of Aaron F. Johnson, based loosely upon the work of Earl Mac Rauch, and are used with permission.
"The Profesor" is the creation of 'Catty Nebulart'.
"Miyu" is the creation of 'Catty Nebulart', based loosely upon the work of _____.
"Catty Nebulart" is the creation of 'Catty Nebulart', based loosely upon the work of _____.
"Ryoko Asakura" is the creation of 'Catty Nebulart', based loosely upon the work of _____.
"Schrodinger Katz", "Trigon", and "Uncertainty" are the creations of 'Griever'.
"Crystal Paris" is a jointly-held trademark of the Fenspace writers.
"Joe Corcoran", "Tabitha Doe", "Allison 'Alley' Dobbs", "Tom Dobbs", "Toni", and "Pinafore" are the creations of Logan 'Foxboy' Goodhue, and are used with permission.
"Buttercup", "Blossom", and "Bubbles" are the creations of Logan 'Foxboy' Goodhue, based loosely upon the work of _____, and are used with permission.
"Hermes" and "Hephaestus" are the creations of Nicholas Casler.
"Jonathan Helscher" is the creation of Jonathan Helscher.
The version of "Haruhi Suzumiya" appearing in this story is the joint creation of the Fenspace writers, based loosely upon the work of _____.
Use of any trademark in this work is not intended as a challenge to said trademark.
Lyrics from "All My Loving", by The Beatles, written by Lennon/McCartney, copyright 1963 Northern Songs.
Lyrics from "Space Truckin'", by Deep Purple, written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, copyright 1972 Mauve Music, Inc. (ASCAP).
The author acknowledges the invaluable assistance of Robert M. Schroeck in his sharing of background information, without which this story would have been impossible.
(Looks at length of list) Good Lord - I must be mad...
-Rob Kelk
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Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
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Rob Kelk
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the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
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