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.
Run 1998/01/25. Game Date November 24th, 1997. UN PEACE is:
| 2:20 | Warden George Harvey |
| 3:10 | "You read funny books?" |
| 7:11 | "That's a refreshing attitude from a young man." |
| 10:15 | Hi Phyllis! |
| 21:05 | The only people that go into the Tombs are prisoners and unmarried guards with six months of training |
| 24:20 | Interview Room |
| 26:17 | Description of room 20x12' |
| 27:18 | Orion 1945/9/1 |
| 28:25 | The first time he's been out of his cell in this warden's administration, which stretches 20 years [Orion not recorded, sadly] |
| 0:36 | 2. Cutout |
| 5:45 | "Sure, if I had money and women, why would I need crime?" |
| 5:58 | 3. Republican Guard |
| 9:34 | "No, do not let him train a team of supervillains and escape." |
| 10:04 | 4. 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." |
| 23:16 | 5. Charcoal |
| 23:47 | "The scary part is that they all still appear to have their powers." "Which means they've been practicing." |
| 0:00 | "Food, they gave you food? I had to catch my own rats." |
| 0:43 | 6. Mr. Lightning |
| 2:36 | "You're bringing babes as a backup?" |
| 7:58 | Something familiar about him |
| 8:23 | "This episode will make the eventual 'Everyone from Ft. Cheer breaks out' scenario so much more compelling." |
| 9:00 | 7. 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." |
| 19:37 | 8. 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] |
| 0:00 | 9. 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." |
| 15:10 | 10. 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." |
| 24:57 | 11. Zephyr, Slipstream's evil twin [Much of Zephyr's interview not recorded] |
| 0:00 | 11. 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." |
| 2:32 | 12. Labyrinth |
| 3:00 | "What are his crimes?" "Mostly that he liked using his powers too much." |
| 13:15 | 13. Silk |
| 14:31 | "Titaness would have no reason not to go for my throat." |
| 14:48 | Silk |
| 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." |
| 26:40 | 14. 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.] |
| 0:12 | 15. 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." |
| 6:50 | Blink precautions |
| 14:37 | Blink description |
| 19:25 | 17. 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." |
| 0:10 | Blink 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." |
| 17:52 | Outside |
| 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." |
| 3:18 | "Canada's nice this time of year." "November." |
| 4:17 | How 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!'" |
| 10:20 | Snow 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." |
| 19:00 | Resemblance |
| 21:04 | Because 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." |
| 28:31 | North 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.
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.
| 45/7/28 | B-25 crashes into Empire State Building (Orion captured) |
| 45/8/6 | Origin Black August |
| 83/3 | Team One (Paladin, Key, Monolith) saves President Reagan |
| 83/12 | 4. Laurentide joins Team One |
| 85/9 | 25. Centurion joins Team One |
| 86/4/26 | Chernobyl blows up |
| 87/10 | 50. Monolith leaves Team One |
| 89/ | NY Rangers form |
| 90/10 | NY Rangers #1 |
| 91/3 | 91. Key starts turning evil |
| 91/8 | 96. Slipstream joins Team One |
| 91/11 | 99. Laurentide turns evil and names self Black Ice. Monolith kills Rebel |
| 91/12 | 100. Key reforms but leaves Team One, Laurentide reforms at death of best friend Rebel |
| 92/9 | NYRangers #24, Thunderbolt gains invulnerability |
| 94/6 | Hurricane Warnings #1 |
| 96/10/26 | UN PEACE forms, saves Secretary General |
| 96/10/28 | Emoticon joins UN PEACE |
| 96/12 | 160. Key's funeral, Paladin resigns, Laurentide takes leave |
| 96/12/2 | Paladin resigns from Team One |
| 96/12/3 | Force 10 saves Chicago |
| 96/12/4 | Laurentide takes leave of absence from Team One to move to Chicago |
| 96/12/19 | UN PEACE captures Photon and Vapor, critically injures Kryton (in coma). Photon later escapes. |
| 96/12/25 | Hurricane joins Team One after teamup defeats Inferno. Rumors of Thunderbolt joining |
| 96/12/25 | Moon Blossom Zeta Force leaves Japan and rescues hostages in Peru |
| 96/12/25 | Centurion, Slipstream, Thunderbolt & MBZF at Arctic |
| 96/12/30 | Rockette & Shimmer go to Arctic, find site of huge explosion |
| 96/12/31 | Iraqi 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 |
| 97/5 | NY Rangers #80 |
| 97/5/16 | Mobutu Sese Seko leaves Zaire for Morocco |
| 97/5/25 | UN PEACE raises half the Titanic |
| 97/5/26 | Shimmer joins Team One |
| 97/5/31? | Force 10 saves Akron, Ohio |
| 97/7/4 | UN PEACE & Ravenfire stop 8 paranormals from killing President; Shimmer killed? |
| 97/8 | Navy graduates from UN PEACE, Harmony joins |
| 97/8 | Force 10 vs. Legion of Doom at Statue of Liberty |
| 97/9/7 | Mobutu dies in Morocco at military hospital |
| 97/11/24 | UN PEACE visits Fort Cheer |