- [first lines]
- Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good morning, Mr. Phelps. Two years ago, a sphere of a rare isotope known as trivanium was stolen from us. Trivanium is invaluable as it could lead to development of nuclear weapons so inexpensive that any nation in the world could afford them. Three men engineered the actual theft of the trivanium. One was Otto Silff. The second, Major Paul Johan. The third, the leader, Colonel Alex Vorda, security chief of their country. Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to find out where the trivanium is hidden and get it back. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
- [last lines]
- [Vorda confronts Johan in a warehouse]
- Col. Alex Vorda: Strange, isn't it, Major? How a couple of kiloliters of a plain, harmless-looking liquid can mean so much to so many people. To Silff, to Poltzin, to me, and to you.
- [hearing a shot from the warehouse, a guard starts to go and investigate but is stopped]
- Erhard Poltzin: Guard. Do you have a match?
- First Guard: [Willy is wheeling a file cabinet with Barney hidden inside down the hallway] Where are you going with that?
- Willy Armitage: They told me to bring it upstairs before this section closes.
- First Guard: The requisition?
- Willy Armitage: I do not have one.
- First Guard: Nothing leaves the file room without a signed requisition. Put it back.
- Willy Armitage: Very well.