Oswaldo Schneider is the rank P47 head of the Marketing Development Department and a former member of The Nameless.[2][Note 1]
Even after leaving The Nameless and joining the IPC, he still holds strongly to the will of Trailblaze.[1]
Profile[]
With all due respect, is there anyone in the universe more enlightened than our chair, 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[1]
Oswaldo appears to be a passionate and hot-blooded individual that particularly has a belief towards Qlipoth the Preservation, which, along with his expansionist ideals, resulted in notoriety of both him and his department.[3] His zeal prompted mockery from members of the Genius Society, who created a character in the Simulated Universe claiming to be Oswaldo's disciple. Rather than calling it the Marketing Development Department, the simulated character refers to it as the "Fanaticism Department" instead.[4] Oswaldo's personality convinced the IPC to recruit him, as he's willing to change his persona based on others around him.[5]
Although inexperienced and one of the younger department heads, especially in contrast to other directors,[3] through his marketing strategy, many new worlds joined the IPC's business structure to obtain the right to operate the Cosmic Big Lotto.[6][7] His successful business strategy led the Business Consolidation Department to adopt his product vision, and many within the IPC to believe he will soon rise to the ranks of the Seven Board of Directors, if not for his lack of experience and absence of available positions.[1]
Story[]
Sigonia-IV[]
When Oswaldo first took charge of the Marketing Development Department, one of the three major issues he addressed was the operation on Sigonia-IV, which had troubled the department for multiple Amber Eras.[8]
Under the department's guidance, the Sigonians successfully signed and established the Sigonian Sovereignty in accordance with the Interstellar Peace Charter, securing a legislative seat at the Interstellar Congress.[9] However, due to prejudice among Sigonian parlimentarians, the Avgins and Katicans were excluded from the sovereignty and subsequently banished to the desert. To avoid responsibility for future conflicts between the two clans, the Avgins were declared autonomous.[8]
As hostility between the two clans continued under the banishment, the Katicans conspired a mass killing of the Avgins on Kakava, an important festival for the Avgins. Despite the IPC's promise to aid the Avgins against the attack, they failed to intervene, resulting in thousands dead or missing. This event marked the end of the Avgin tribe.[10]
While the Second Katica-Avgin Extinction Event has left a stain on the work of the Marketing Development Department,[10] the operation was still considered successful.[8]
Aeragan-Epharshel[]
To secure claim over the black ore, a crucial strategic resource of the IPC, Oswaldo led an operation on Aeragan-Epharshel. Facing both time constraints and resistance from the locals, he incentivized his crew with the promise of reward for the first person to acquire the resource, while also permitting the use of military force against the population to "bring civilization to this world."[11]
According to the planetary records of Aeragan-Epharshel, the locals who roamed and farmed the land for generations were wiped out by an unknown disaster. The survivors, mostly frail elderly and youth, now only shelter in smaller and smaller reservations. To this day, that black ore is still used in massive quantities as a rare metal to create devastating weaponry, and is shipped out to more and more planets on fleets of IPC transport ships.[11]
The Galaxy Ranger Boothill, a survivor of Aeragan-Epharshel, is currently looking for Oswaldo for vengeance. Despite efforts to locate him through official announcements and middle managers, Oswaldo's whereabouts remain untraceable. Resorting to tracking down IPC members who share his disdain for him, Boothill followed the IPC spaceship sailing toward Penacony.[12]
Present[]
Sometime after Sunday was defeated in the Charmony Festival on Penacony, Boothill broke into Aventurine's guest room in the hotel and confronted him.[13] Aventurine agreed to help him due to the feud between the Marketing Development Department and Strategic Investment Department.[14]
Others[]
At some point after the IPC allied with the Xianzhou Alliance, the latter later conducted an investigation to determine if they would pose a threat to them in the future. Of the department heads and other higher-ups, Oswaldo was notably the only one that was considered a high threat to the alliance, being noted for his inexperience, zealotry and an expansionist.[3]
Character Mentions[]
Character Stories
| Character | Stories |
|---|---|
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Notes[]
- ↑ Former status only mentioned in Chinese version:
在前无名客奥斯瓦尔多•施耐德的带领下⋯
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Oswaldo Schneider |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 奥斯瓦尔多•施耐德 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 奧斯瓦爾多•施耐德 |
| Japanese | オスワルド・シュナイダー |
| Korean | 오스왈도•슈나이더 |
| Spanish | Oswaldo Schneider |
| French | Oswaldo Schneider |
| Russian | Освальдо Шнайдер |
| Thai | Oswaldo Schneider |
| Vietnamese | Oswaldo Schneider |
| German | Oswaldo Schneider |
| Indonesian | Oswaldo Schneider |
| Portuguese | Oswaldo Schneider |
Change History[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Data Bank, Factions: Interastral Peace Corporation — Preservation
- ↑ Honkai: Star Rail (October 22, 2023). Myriad Celestia Trailer — "Interastral Peace Tour- Selection, Planning, and Opportunity". YouTube. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Interactable: File Repository: Ally — Interastral Peace Corporation Headquarters
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Occurrence: Cosmic Merchant (I)
- ↑ Item: Camo Paint
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Curio: Cosmic Big Lotto
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Curio: Interastral Big Lotto
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Relic, Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation: Sigonia's Gaiathra Berth
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Cat Among Pigeons: Double Indemnity
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Trailblaze Mission, Cat Among Pigeons: All the Sad Tales
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Data Bank, Characters, Boothill: Character Story: Part II
- ↑ Data Bank, Characters, Boothill: Character Story: Part IV
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, In Our Time: And on the Eighth Day
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Farewell, Penacony: A Thousand Bells at Dawn