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I was fooling around with some Wing Commander I extracts and a copy of the Wing Commander I & II Ultimate Strategy Guide and decided to see if I could build a better mousetrap using cited references.
2654 is a big year in which a lot happens - the movie, Academy, Wing Commander I, the start of The Secret Missions... so lets put it together day by day, starting with the original game.
This is going to be like building a big space puzzle. We've got some corner pieces -- dates for a few specific missions... and then we've got all kinds of little references to 'yesterday' or 'a few hours ago' and such across the various original game narratives. Can we build that together into a timeline?
Here's what I've glued together so far:
Enyo 1 - 2654.110
Enyo 2 - 2654.111 ("Hear you flew with Spirit yesterday, Maverick.", Shotglass, Enyo 2)
McAuliffe 1 - ("Since we jumped into the McAuliffe system just a few hours ago, we're still running preliminary patrols.", Halcyon, McAuliffe 1)
McAuliffe 2
McAuliffe 3 - McAuliffe 2+1 ("...before the tankers and 'sports start to arrive tomorrow.", Halcyon, McAuliffe 2) also: ("My contact with Maniac during our first few weeks on the Tiger's Claw was minimal.", WC12USG, p.60)
Gateway 1 - McAuliffe 3+1 ("We're going to be leaving McAuliffe late tomorrow...", Halcyon, McAuliffe 3)
Gateway 2
Gateway 3 - Gateway 2+1 ("Since yesterday's attack on the Tiger's Claw...", Halcyon, Gateway 3)
Gimle 1 - Gateway 3+1 ("We've just jumped into the Gimle system, and we’ve got some work to do.", Halcyon, Gimle 1 & "All right, folks, we'll be pulling out from Gateway tomorrow...", Halcyon, Gateway 3)
Gimle 2
Gimle 3 - AT LEAST TWO DAYS IN-SYSTEM ATP: ("Word is, one of their boys ran into Dakhath on patrol yesterday.", Shotglass, Gimle 3)
Brimstone 1
Brimstone 2 - Brimstone 1+1 ("I had to lead you to every enemy ship yesterday." WC12USG, p.70)
Brimstone 3 - Brimstone 2+2 ("As you know, people, several warships have arrived in the last 48 hours.", Halcyon, Brimstone 3)
Cheng-Du 1
Cheng-Du 2 - AT LEAST TWO DAYS IN-SYSTEM ATP: ("Word is, one of their boys ran into Dakhath on patrol yesterday.", Shotglass, Cheng-Du 2)
Cheng-Du 3 - TOTAL TIME IN SYSTEM: ("Halcyon had sent me to HQ for a few days, where I helped out with the training of some new pilots.", WC12USG, p.74)
Dakota 1
Dakota 2
Dakota 3 - 2654.139 ("Welcome back, Maverick. Heard about the TCSO show?", Shotglass, Port Hedland 1)
Port Hedland 1 - 2654.139 ("I know you're all excited about tomorrow's TCSO show, but...", Halcyon, Port Hedland 1)
Port Hedland 2 - NEW DAY ("Today's mission is a four-point patrol route.", Halcyon, Port Hedland 2)
Port Hedland 3
Kurasawa 1
Kurasawa 2
Kurasawa 3 - Rostov 1-1 ("We've already gotten our next operation order. We're leaving tomorrow.", Halcyon, Kurasawa 3)
Rostov 1 - ("His glazed eyes roamed the cabin, glancing at the books on the shelf, his uniform hanging in the corner, and the photograph of our academy class taken just a few months ago.", WC12USG, p.96)
Rostov 2 - Rostov 1+1 ("After yesterday, when I'd ordered a head-on attack against the Dralthi, I'd sensed he was holding something back.", WC12USG, p.98)
Rostov 3
Venice 1 - 2654.287 (Victory Streak Timeline)
Venice 2 - 2654.288 ("I hear you ran into Khajja the Fang out there yesterday.", Shotglass, Venice 2)
Venice 3
Venice 4 - 2654.325 (Kilrathi Saga Calendar)
(TCS Eagle's Talon)
Hubble's Star 1
Hubble's Star 2
Hubble's Star 3 - Hell's Kitchen 1-1 ("We're scheduled to leave Hubble's Star tomorrow.", Halcyon, Hubble's Star 3)
Hell's Kitchen 1
Hell's Kitchen 2 - Hell's Kitchen 1+1 ("I hear you ran into Khajja the Fang out there yesterday.", Shotglass, Hell's Kitchen 2)
Hell's Kitchen 3
Hell's Kitchen 4 - 2654.325 ("The Eagle's Talon was ordered to Nav 2 to jump to the Venice system and assist the Tiger's Claw in the final assault on the Kilrathi.", WC12USG, p.108)
2654 is a big year in which a lot happens - the movie, Academy, Wing Commander I, the start of The Secret Missions... so lets put it together day by day, starting with the original game.
This is going to be like building a big space puzzle. We've got some corner pieces -- dates for a few specific missions... and then we've got all kinds of little references to 'yesterday' or 'a few hours ago' and such across the various original game narratives. Can we build that together into a timeline?
Here's what I've glued together so far:
Enyo 1 - 2654.110
Enyo 2 - 2654.111 ("Hear you flew with Spirit yesterday, Maverick.", Shotglass, Enyo 2)
McAuliffe 1 - ("Since we jumped into the McAuliffe system just a few hours ago, we're still running preliminary patrols.", Halcyon, McAuliffe 1)
McAuliffe 2
McAuliffe 3 - McAuliffe 2+1 ("...before the tankers and 'sports start to arrive tomorrow.", Halcyon, McAuliffe 2) also: ("My contact with Maniac during our first few weeks on the Tiger's Claw was minimal.", WC12USG, p.60)
Gateway 1 - McAuliffe 3+1 ("We're going to be leaving McAuliffe late tomorrow...", Halcyon, McAuliffe 3)
Gateway 2
Gateway 3 - Gateway 2+1 ("Since yesterday's attack on the Tiger's Claw...", Halcyon, Gateway 3)
Gimle 1 - Gateway 3+1 ("We've just jumped into the Gimle system, and we’ve got some work to do.", Halcyon, Gimle 1 & "All right, folks, we'll be pulling out from Gateway tomorrow...", Halcyon, Gateway 3)
Gimle 2
Gimle 3 - AT LEAST TWO DAYS IN-SYSTEM ATP: ("Word is, one of their boys ran into Dakhath on patrol yesterday.", Shotglass, Gimle 3)
Brimstone 1
Brimstone 2 - Brimstone 1+1 ("I had to lead you to every enemy ship yesterday." WC12USG, p.70)
Brimstone 3 - Brimstone 2+2 ("As you know, people, several warships have arrived in the last 48 hours.", Halcyon, Brimstone 3)
Cheng-Du 1
Cheng-Du 2 - AT LEAST TWO DAYS IN-SYSTEM ATP: ("Word is, one of their boys ran into Dakhath on patrol yesterday.", Shotglass, Cheng-Du 2)
Cheng-Du 3 - TOTAL TIME IN SYSTEM: ("Halcyon had sent me to HQ for a few days, where I helped out with the training of some new pilots.", WC12USG, p.74)
Dakota 1
Dakota 2
Dakota 3 - 2654.139 ("Welcome back, Maverick. Heard about the TCSO show?", Shotglass, Port Hedland 1)
Port Hedland 1 - 2654.139 ("I know you're all excited about tomorrow's TCSO show, but...", Halcyon, Port Hedland 1)
Port Hedland 2 - NEW DAY ("Today's mission is a four-point patrol route.", Halcyon, Port Hedland 2)
Port Hedland 3
Kurasawa 1
Kurasawa 2
Kurasawa 3 - Rostov 1-1 ("We've already gotten our next operation order. We're leaving tomorrow.", Halcyon, Kurasawa 3)
Rostov 1 - ("His glazed eyes roamed the cabin, glancing at the books on the shelf, his uniform hanging in the corner, and the photograph of our academy class taken just a few months ago.", WC12USG, p.96)
Rostov 2 - Rostov 1+1 ("After yesterday, when I'd ordered a head-on attack against the Dralthi, I'd sensed he was holding something back.", WC12USG, p.98)
Rostov 3
Venice 1 - 2654.287 (Victory Streak Timeline)
Venice 2 - 2654.288 ("I hear you ran into Khajja the Fang out there yesterday.", Shotglass, Venice 2)
Venice 3
Venice 4 - 2654.325 (Kilrathi Saga Calendar)
(TCS Eagle's Talon)
Hubble's Star 1
Hubble's Star 2
Hubble's Star 3 - Hell's Kitchen 1-1 ("We're scheduled to leave Hubble's Star tomorrow.", Halcyon, Hubble's Star 3)
Hell's Kitchen 1
Hell's Kitchen 2 - Hell's Kitchen 1+1 ("I hear you ran into Khajja the Fang out there yesterday.", Shotglass, Hell's Kitchen 2)
Hell's Kitchen 3
Hell's Kitchen 4 - 2654.325 ("The Eagle's Talon was ordered to Nav 2 to jump to the Venice system and assist the Tiger's Claw in the final assault on the Kilrathi.", WC12USG, p.108)
