Motif · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods
The Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network
Carl's second sponsor from the fifth floor: an Intergalactic NFC — Not for Conquest, tax-free, a non-profit — that Mordecai has never heard of, that sponsors no one else, and that sends a yam in a silver box, then a custom head-throwing xistera attachment in an emergency platinum box that Mordecai guesses was the most expensive in the game's history. Its president of Outreach Operations is Dr. P. Hu.
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A sponsor Mordecai has never heard of, with a silver box that holds a yam (ch. 7, ch. 8); an emergency platinum box, 'more than the GDP of some star systems', holding a head-thrower made for Carl 'with design approval by CEO and president of Outreach Operations, Dr. P. Hu' (ch. 34); the yam's real purpose — Dr. Hu says Carl knows it, the woman is not so sure — though he spent half of it on Chris (epilogue). Its president is called Porthus. 'It's the same cause.'