「恕我直言,这个宇宙里还有比克里珀更开明的董事长吗?祂默许我们的一切经营决策,从不质疑,从不过问——这是偌大的荣幸,偌大的信任!」
——奥斯瓦尔多•施耐德,星际和平公司•市场开拓部主管,P47级
就对外宣传而言,公司是一家倡导自由贸易的巨型企业财团;从运作方式上来看,公司是发行货币并垄断资源的商界独裁;择创业初心而论,公司则是为「存护」的星神奉献一切的无私后援。
大多数星际公民谈到公司时,总会言及无所不在的商品与醒目标识:仿佛「只要存在交易之处,就存在星际和平公司」。事实上,银河中几乎所有的商业行为确是建立在公司的「信用点」体系之上。若将星际贸易比作运动比赛,那么公司既是顶尖的运动员,又是各种运动项目,既是比赛场地,同时还是规则本身。
对财富绝对的统治力,以及从未停止过的扩张行为,让星际和平公司产生了一种阴谋独裁者的大众印象。但是公司对于「只手遮天」之流的低等愿景毫不在意,因为企业精神自诞生之初就未曾变动:
将一切奉献给「琥珀王」——克里珀。
Interastral Peace Corporation — Preservation
"With all due respect, is there anyone in the universe more enlightened than our chairman, Qlipoth? Qlipoth acquiesces in all our business decisions, never asking or questioning why. How great a privilege! How great a trust!"
— Oswaldo Schneider, Head of Interastral Peace Corporation Marketing Development Department, Level P47
To outsiders, the IPC is an enormous consortium advocating free trade. From a business perspective, the IPC is a business that issues money and monopolizes resources. From a startup perspective, the IPC is a selfless backing, dedicated to the Aeon of Preservation.
When many astral citizens talk about the IPC, they talk about its ubiquitous merchandise and logo. It's as if "The IPC exists whenever there is a transaction." In fact, almost all business transactions in the cosmos are based on the credit system created by the IPC. If one were to compare interastral trade to a sports competition, the IPC would be the top athletes as well as the sports, the venue, and the rules themselves.
Its absolute dominance over wealth and relentless expansion has given the IPC the image of a business dictatorship. But the IPC pays little attention to lowly ambitious such as dictatorship, because its spirit hasn't wavered since its creation:
Give everything to the Amber Lord, Qlipoth.