Motif · from book 4
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.
First appears: Book 4
Series arc
Through book 5
A cryptic, expensive note with a potion: 'Will replace' (B5 ch. 55); the potion is spent on a god (B5 ch. 76).
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| What the pacifists' yam was really for | B4 ch. 35 | open · B5 ch. 55 — The Open Intellect's box is Pawna's Cries with a cryptic note and 'Will replace'; spent on a god. |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 4
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 3/35 | Ch. 7, Ch. 34, Ch. 35 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 4/78 | Ch. 33, Ch. 52, Ch. 63, Ch. 77 · the book's own page |
By book
The Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
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.'
The Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
A guess at whom the robed woman in the audience at Carl's panel speaks for — the Apothecary, it turns out (ch. 33); a Gold Benefactor Box from The Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network, Intergalactic NFC (ch. 52); a cryptic, expensive note with a potion, signed P. Hu: 'Will replace' (ch. 55); five sponsorship boxes on the table, all meant for Donut (ch. 63); the potion is spent on a god (ch. 76).