ROBOTECH is the property of and copyrighted by Harmony Gold, whoever else, blah blah blah, and the Palladium RPG games are the property of and copyrighted by Kevin Siembeida and Palladium as well as Harmony Gold. THE THIRD INVID WAR is the creation of Dave Deitrich and Chris Meadows, and is strictly a not for profit RPG fan supplement, so the above two organizations don't go after them. Likewise, this fanfiction is also not for profit, so the above two organizations don't go after me. None of the events or persons contained within this fanfiction are meant to have any relation to existing persons, organizations, or events, and any resemblance is completely coincidental. If you think otherwise, that's your problem, not mine. ^_^ Music quotes and lyrics are likewise copyrighted to their respective creators.
The characters Lihra and Kharoth are from Peter Walker's fanfiction novel Objective: Reflex Point and should be given due recognition as his. If you haven't read it yet, what planet have you--uh. No, I suggest you the reader should check it out.
UNDER NO MEANS is this fanfiction to be copied for personal profit. I have nothing at all against copying the work for public enjoyment--in fact I'd be honored--but for somebody to make money off this I will not tolerate. If I find out somebody is profiting off this without my knowledge, not only will I sic the law on 'em, but I'll sic H.G. on 'em too. On top of that, I'll do my damndest to have them flayed alive, hung by the ankles in a saline bath, quartered, and then finally flung into that pit with that thingy--what was it? The big mouth thing in Return of the Jedi. Oh yeah, the Sarlacc. Flung into the Sarlacc to suffer in digestive agony for a millennium or two. Sounds extreme, but death'll be too good for them. Any bits left over I'll ship to the Kulagi to experiment on. If I can't profit off of this because of copyright laws, sure as hell nobody else will be able to either.
Enough ranting on that. ^_^
Tremendous thanks to Dave and Chris for creating TIW and tying up all the fiddly little bits about the RPG "Return of the Invid" plotline--especially Dave for sending all the goodies that he did so I could write this fanfic, taking the time to drop by my dorm so I could dump my art for TIW on him, and for supplying thoughts and ideas on plot, characters, motivation and timeline and sparking off the ideas for the fanfic in the vacuum that passes for my mind. Thanks also goes to Jason Juta for the illustration of the mecha and other goodies of TIW. More thanks goes to Peter Walker (pww@spacsun.rice.edu.) for putting up with my brainless yapping and being a sounding board on Invid customs and mentality (and sending me the written bits of Objective: Reflex Point ^_^ ) and more; Aubry Thonon (ess6alt@qed.qld.gov.au) for engaging me in ridicuolous lines of conversation, and the products of my tiny demented mind (think of the first line of Nirvana's "Lithium" and you'll get the idea) for making all the boredom of my class lectures amusing.
Lastly but most certainly not leastly, this fanfic is dedicated to the legacy of the White Rose, who obeyed their consciences instead of the dictates of their government, and who paid the ultimate price as a result. The 21st century White Rose is dedicated to their memory.
Enough brainfarting, let's go!!
NOTE: Also be sure to check out The Reunion, a short story of the Third Invid War by Amy Borden!
AMY BORDEN University of Illinois, Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science borden@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu