Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

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.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 27 — Plenty of Plenty: Lexis in the greenroom

Progression

Now the Open Intellect Action Network: it boarded every major ship in orbit in a day (ch. 27), and the barges under its control air unfiltered news (epilogue).