Fort Cheer Quotes - UN PEACE - World of the 400

Quotes from the Fort Cheer Tapes of UN PEACE interviewing supervillains in the World of the 400. These contain spoilers so you may want to read this only after listening to the recordings, or if you want to locate a particular part. Play along at home and decide who you would have chosen.

UN PEACE Issue 26, "Unsettled"

Run 1998/01/25. Game Date November 24th, 1997. UN PEACE is:

PART ONE - The Warden

2:20Warden George Harvey
3:10"You read funny books?"
7:11"That's a refreshing attitude from a young man."
10:15Hi Phyllis!
21:05The only people that go into the Tombs are prisoners and unmarried guards with six months of training
24:20Interview Room
26:17Description of room 20x12'
27:18Orion 1945/9/1
28:25The first time he's been out of his cell in this warden's administration, which stretches 20 years [Orion not recorded, sadly]

PART TWO - Cutout, Republican Guard, Lace, Charcoal

0:362. Cutout
5:45"Sure, if I had money and women, why would I need crime?"
5:583. Republican Guard
9:34"No, do not let him train a team of supervillains and escape."
10:044. Lace
14:51"Their hair is probably pretty strong. Not that they ever proved anything about that."
18:50"Why all this interest in killing people? Are you from the CIA again? The French CIA? Did you want me to kill someone, Paul? Is that what these people are here for?"
21:30"In a really twisted way she reminds me of Halo."
23:165. Charcoal
23:47"The scary part is that they all still appear to have their powers."
"Which means they've been practicing."

PART THREE - Mr. Lightning, Nemo, Alkahest

0:00"Food, they gave you food? I had to catch my own rats."
0:436. Mr. Lightning
2:36"You're bringing babes as a backup?"
7:58Something familiar about him
8:23"This episode will make the eventual 'Everyone from Ft. Cheer breaks out' scenario so much more compelling."
9:007. Nemo
12:26"I can trip 'em."
14:26"CIA?"
"Nope."
"Really?"
"Truly."
"It's usually CIA."
16:04"First I'd find a girl's gym. And then a bank."
17:10"It's this or rat countin'."
18:08"I don't want to be mistaken for things he does."
19:20"Half way through."
"And we got two."
19:378. Alkahest
23:26"Are you investigating human rights abuses? Because man I got some stories."
25:13"Call it Team 2 or 3 or whatever."
"Whatever they're up to now."
27:36"I'm just taking advantage of human nature is all."
29:38"This is why the very goal-oriented Bulgarian is not in charge of the operation."
 [Rush's entrance not recorded; see below]

PART FOUR - Rush, Inferno, Zephyr

0:009. Rush continued
1:32"This is that French thing where they go out looking for allies, isn't it?"
5:54"No reason to go looking for Rush if you can have the high and mighty Slipstream. Just cause she can fly."
10:08"I just kind of went along because it seemed like if someone wound up dominating the world it would be good to be their friends, and if we got stopped it would still be fun."
11:37"Do you believe in second chances?"
"Well, if Laurentide has turned into Black Ice again, then I guess I have to, don't I?"
"Well, that's not a good example."
"But it's the example we have."
12:04"Are we talking Time Machine? Because I'll do it if there's a time machine."
15:1010. Inferno
18:19"Are you here for the CIA?"
23:43"They nearly took out the statue of liberty."
"Oh man, those bastards! OK, I'll do it for free."
24:5711. Zephyr, Slipstream's evil twin [Much of Zephyr's interview not recorded]

PART FIVE - Zephyr, Labyrinth, Silk, Soundquake

0:0011. Zephyr
0:14"I don't wish to be rude..."
"Then start your questions with a please."
2:12"She was built to be evil."
2:3212. Labyrinth
3:00"What are his crimes?"
"Mostly that he liked using his powers too much."
13:1513. Silk
14:31"Titaness would have no reason not to go for my throat."
14:48Silk
17:44"Would I get to eat them?"
18:47"This isn't the CIA thing is it?"
20:12"Because it seemed kinda stupid to get beat up and not get anything for it?"
22:30"She's a much better goth than Diana."
25:45"You can't cross people off the list because they want to date you?"
"Except maybe Orion."
"Mr. Lightning."
26:4014. Soundquake
28:23"I'm pretty good at villainous banter."
 [Lamia's entrance and description not recorded; she has red eyes and ankle-length red hair.]

PART SIX - Lamia, Blink

0:1215. Lamia
"Would you cut me?"
"No. What's inside you?"
"The will of the Queen."
2:52"Are they the sort of people who could fight Spookshow?"
"No."
"Fine then. Release me and I'll destroy them for you."
6:50Blink precautions
14:37Blink description
19:2517. Blink
20:02"Can you make people fall in love with you?"
20:15"While I sympathize with you, I'm also pretty terrified of you."
22:58"Trust is the first step to a loving relationship"
23:54"Have you ever made mistakes for love?"
"Yeah."
"Like that then. But with more collateral damage."
29:06"So if the... if things go badly here, they will probably hurt me very badly."

PART SEVEN - Bad Things and Apologies

0:10Blink continued
4:30"I've done a lot of bad things"
5:53"I'd like to apologize to Monolith"
8:36"Golden Watch could stop them, but the government doesn't ask THEM."
14:33"So here's your chance"
15:35"It's every guard's dream to have the two mentalists chatting about their shared experiences."
17:52Outside
20:45"Oh we forgot to interview Titaness."
22:41"These are the people we can trust the US Government to not completely botch."
25:07"The minimum sentence anyone had was 40 years."
25:50"Talk about a morale destroyer."

PART EIGHT - O Canada

3:18"Canada's nice this time of year."
"November."
4:17How to take out the Legion of Doom with things found in Ft. Cheer
8:56"So she puts him next to the brick and says 'You're on your own!'"
10:20Snow in Ottawa
10:47"Canadian Spooks would come by and pick you up in a van."
13:12"This is a place they would never ever ever let Snow go."
19:00Resemblance
21:04Because the facility got killed
21:50"You know, Jackie, the trainer whenever I screw up sighs wistfully and looks at your picture."
22:50"Freezing bays doesn't impress Canadians as much as volcanoes."
27:09"Maybe [the CIA] should be recruiting the supervillains that didn't get caught."
28:31North Dakota
29:21"We suspect the US Government of all sorts of deep evil."

Warden George Harvey, late 50's, 19 years as Warden with no escapes (30 years in penology), football build, grandfather eyes, crisply pressed suit, former Navy, 6 months to retirement as of November 1997.

Prisoners at Ft. Cheer

1997/11/24 Monday. Here's a checklist of the Fort Cheer prisoners that UN PEACE interviewed for the DoJ "early release work program", in case you'd like to play along at home. Who would you have recommended?

Monolith was not available for interview; not held at this facility.

Orion
M brick, imprisoned 45/8/1
Cutout
M Short-range teleport, can teleport pieces out, range 1m per hour awake consecutively, motivated by money
Republican Guard
M imprisoned 97/1/1
Lace
F natural fiber control, allergic synthetics, mafia hitter
Charcoal
F in her mid-40's brickette, black radical, imprisoned early 70s
Mr. Lightning
M Electrical powers, imprisoned for rape, etc. 10 years into 380 year sentence
Nemo
M always invisible but only self, captured by Rebel, serving 40 year sentence for theft, espionage, voyeurism
Alkahest
M universal solvent spitting or bleeding, not vs. flesh, late 30s, nebbish, caught by Slipstream
Rush
F 5'1 thin pale redhead greying, green eyes, Dorothy Foster, very quick-thinking, "Where's the Dog?"
Inferno
M fire powers, imprisoned by Hurricane early '97, mid 20s hispanic male, has fought Adobe, anti-Castro, right wing conspiracy theorist
Zephyr
F Slipstream's evil twin, "built to be evil"
Labyrinth
M line of sight mental maze, dangerous to mindtouch, black, late 20s, alien viewpoint
Silk
F Spider powers, captured by NY Rangers
Soundquake
M 40, (powers lost)
Lamia
F forms blood-creatures, spawn of Blood Red Queen, "the will of the queen", red eyes, ankle length red hair
Titaness
F (not interviewed)
Blink
F makes people fall in love with her at eye contact, late 20s, "best power but not recommended" Elise

Team One Timeline

45/7/28B-25 crashes into Empire State Building (Orion captured)
45/8/6Origin Black August
83/3Team One (Paladin, Key, Monolith) saves President Reagan
83/124. Laurentide joins Team One
85/925. Centurion joins Team One
86/4/26Chernobyl blows up
87/1050. Monolith leaves Team One
89/NY Rangers form
90/10NY Rangers #1
91/391. Key starts turning evil
91/896. Slipstream joins Team One
91/1199. Laurentide turns evil and names self Black Ice. Monolith kills Rebel
91/12100. Key reforms but leaves Team One, Laurentide reforms at death of best friend Rebel
92/9NYRangers #24, Thunderbolt gains invulnerability
94/6Hurricane Warnings #1
96/10/26UN PEACE forms, saves Secretary General
96/10/28Emoticon joins UN PEACE
96/12160. Key's funeral, Paladin resigns, Laurentide takes leave
96/12/2 Paladin resigns from Team One
96/12/3Force 10 saves Chicago
96/12/4Laurentide takes leave of absence from Team One to move to Chicago
96/12/19UN PEACE captures Photon and Vapor, critically injures Kryton (in coma). Photon later escapes.
96/12/25Hurricane joins Team One after teamup defeats Inferno. Rumors of Thunderbolt joining
96/12/25Moon Blossom Zeta Force leaves Japan and rescues hostages in Peru
96/12/25Centurion, Slipstream, Thunderbolt & MBZF at Arctic
96/12/30Rockette & Shimmer go to Arctic, find site of huge explosion
96/12/31Iraqi Attack Pack attacks Time Square, Doc Scud hurt, Scirroco & Republican Guard captured by UN PEACE
97/2/14 Halo leaves Team One
97/2/15 President announces that Centurion, Slipstream, Thunderbolt & MBZF are dead
97/2/17 Ravenfire joins Team One
97/5 Hurricane Warnings #36
97/5NY Rangers #80
97/5/16Mobutu Sese Seko leaves Zaire for Morocco
97/5/25UN PEACE raises half the Titanic
97/5/26Shimmer joins Team One
97/5/31?Force 10 saves Akron, Ohio
97/7/4UN PEACE & Ravenfire stop 8 paranormals from killing President; Shimmer killed?
97/8Navy graduates from UN PEACE, Harmony joins
97/8Force 10 vs. Legion of Doom at Statue of Liberty
97/9/7Mobutu dies in Morocco at military hospital
97/11/24UN PEACE visits Fort Cheer