MOD:WCU:AboutPrivRFtimelines

Rationale:

Note that it takes the Winterrowd 086 - 068 = 18 days to travel from 7th Fleet territory to Perry.
We can guess a starting location for the Winterrowd by looking at where other 7th fleet events are
reported from. 7th fleet does NOT include the Armageddon, as she's stationed at Proxima Centauri;
nor The TCS Eisenhower or Kennedy as these are probably at Sol; nor the Concordia or the Coral Sea,
which are part of the 14th Fleet at Enigma. And the Valiant is sent together with the Winterrowd.
This leaves the Quinson, Bradshaw, Kinney, Roosvelt, Liberty, Hermes, Invincible and Illustrious.
Wonder Chicken says:
Paranoid by Kilrathi raids and fearing another attack on the inner homeworlds, the civilian government
refused to deploy the Third Fleet’s five major carriers to the front. The TCS Armageddon, Saratoga,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Lincoln stayed behind to defend Earth under direct Presidential order
as the core to the newly christened "Terran Defense Fleet".
So, it seems we haven't missed any. But we only hear again of:
* TCS Illustrous destroyed by new Kat bomber at Aloysius
* TCS Roosvelt - shot down at Munro
* TCS Invincible - victory in Morpheus
But! Notice that Ludmilla Petranova leaves Proxima for Hell's Kitchen 8 days after the Winterrowd
and Valiant depart for Gemini. Was the kat raid there due to the vacuum left by either ship? It
would seem so: Hell's Kitchen is about half way between Munro and Morpheus. We later hear about
losing ground at Port Hedland, Chang-Du, and Gimle. Hell's Kitchen is pretty much in the middle,
so I'll measure distance to Perry by counting jumps from Hell's Kitchen. So we go, Enyo, Krieger,
Luyten, Weslyn, Mastif, Oxford, Saxtogue, New Detroit, Perry. Nine jumps in 18 days. Now, too bad,
we don't know the class of the Winterrowd nor Valiant, but if we assume a speed of 125 as typical
for carriers, a Centurion's cruising speed is 4 times that, so, for the purposes of estimating
Privateer plotline dates, we'll use a rule of thumb: 2 jumps per standard day. And we will work
backwards, since the first part of the game is devoted to trading and upgrading the ship. For the
second part, Righteous Fire, we'll work forwards, since the game can be completed without additional
trading or taking of non-plot, paid missions.

Note that the Centurion's cruising speed being the same as the Excalibur's, 500 kps, our analysis
of the WC3 timeline agrees EXACTLY. Check it out: MOD:WCU:AboutTimingOfWC3.

(Note: I will assign 1 jump worth to local, in-system missions)

I chose the date 2669.125 as the earliest possible end to Privateer Part 1. This is because the
TCS Winterrowd is destroyed in Gemini, by a "kilrathi superweapon" on 2669.122; which has to come
before Greyson Burrows cracks the green egg. So, the latter event is set at 2669.124, now.
I chose 2669.007 as the start date, as the game happens in 2669, this we know; and the earlier we
start, the better.

WC Privateer Timeline

2669.007 Greyson Burrows arrives to Troy, Gemini, claims his Tarsus
(69 days interim to trade and upgrade ship)
2669.076 meets Ernesto Sandoval,newdet 
2 jumps
2669.077 liverpool delivery
2 jumps
2669.078 tayla 1, newdet
3 jumps
2669.079.5 tayla 2, oakham, pentonville
4 jumps
2669.081.5 hector, troy
4 jumps
2669.083.5 tayla 3, oakham
3 jumps
2669.085 newcons
3 jumps
2669.086.5 tayla 4, oakham
3 jumps
2669.088 newcons
3 jumps
2669.089.5 tayla complete, oakham
3 jumps
2669.091 lynch 1, newcons
3 jumps
2669.092.5 seelig, pentonville
3 jumps
2669.094 lynch 2, newcons
2 jumps
2669.095 kroiz & siva, rikel
2 jumps
2669.096 lynch 3, newcons
2 jumps
2669.097 romulus, castor
2 jumps
2669.098 lynch 4, newcons
1 jump
2669.098.5  newcastle
3 jumps
2669.100 masterson 1, oxford
1 jump
2669.100.5 masterson 2, oxford
1 jump
2669.101 masterson 3, oxford
1 jump
2669.101.5 masterson 4, oxford
1 jump
2669.102 masterson complete, oxford
5 jumps
2669.104.5 monkhouse 1, palan
1 jump 
2669.105 murphy 1, basra
1 jump
2669.105.5 murphy 2, basra
1 jump
2669.106 murphy 3, basra
1 jump
2669.106.5 monkhouse 2, palan
1 jump
2669.107 murph+monk complete, basra
2 jumps
2669.108 cross 1, rygannon
2 jumps
2669.109 cross 2, rygannon
4 jumps
2669.111 cross 3, rygannon
6 jumps
2669.114 cross 4, rygannon
4 jumps
2669.116 delta prime
4 jumps
2669.118 cross complete, rygannon
4 jumps
2669.120 goodin, mcabee, nexus (nearest mining base)
2 jumps
2669.123 goodin, terrel, perry
2 jumps
2669.124 blockade pt tango
2 jumps
2669.125 terrel complete, perry

Righteous Fire Timeline

2669.131.5 "A Week Later..." ;-) Start of Privateer Righteous Fire; gun stolen. (A week should be enough?)
NOTE: Needless to say, the "One Year Later" legend at the start of Righteous Fire is an error. Privateer
happens in 2669, and a year later would put us at 2670, which would be peace time; but all indications are
in Righteous Fire, that the war keeps heating up and getting worse. Kat superweapons, Terrel's missions,
including one where you meet the Kilrathi 6th Fleet, Bar rumors of carrier losses... Now, it could be argued
that going from a year to a week is "too much"; but IMO it isn't: An error is an error, big or small. 1+1=3
is not righter than 1+1=4. Both statements are equally wrong; and "a year later" is dead wrong. As well as
unnecessary and stupid. Who would spend a whole year at a pleasure base? And why would Menesche wait for so
long to try and get the gun? A week seems plenty to me, every way I look at it.
1 jump 
2669.132 masterson 1, oxford
2 jumps
2669.133 edom, new cons
2 jumps
2669.134 masterson 2, oxford
1 jump
2669.134.5 masterson 3, oxford
3 jumps
2669.136 burton, junction
3 jumps
2669.137.5 masterson 4, oxford
1 jump
2669.138 masterson 5, oxford
3 jumps
2669.139.5 perry
3 jumps
2669.141 masterson complete, oxford
3 jumps
2669.143 tayla 1, oakham, pentonville
6 jumps
2669.146 tayla 2, tuck, sherwood
2 jumps
2669.147 saratov, prosepe
2 jumps
2669.148 tayla 3, tuck
4 jumps
2669.150 speke, junction
4 jumps
2669.152 tayla 4, tuck
3 jumps
2669.153.5 basque, pyrenees
3 jumps
2669.155 tayla complete, tuck
4 jumps
2669.157 murphy 1, edom, new cons
1 jump
2669.157.5 44-P-1M
1 jump
2669.158 murphy 2, edom
1 jump
2669.158.5 liverpool, new castle
1 jump
2669.159 murphy 3, edom
1 jump
2669.159.5 new detroit
1 jump
2669.160 murphy 4
2 jumps
2669.161 metsor
2 jumps
2669.162 murphy complete, edom
2 jumps
2669.163 goodin 1, perry
1 jump
2669.163.5 nitir
1 jump
2669.164 goodin 2, perry Bartender: "TCS Kinney destroyed"
3 jumps
2669.165.5 charon, hyades
3 jumps
2669.167 goodin 3, perry
5 jumps
2669.169.5 new caledonia
5 jumps
2669.172 goodin 5, perry
5 jumps
2669.174.5 regallis
5 jumps
2669.177 goodin complete, perry
3 jumps
2669.178.5 masterson complete 2, oxford
4 jumps
2669.180.5 monte 1, macabee, nexus
3 jumps
2669.182 monte 2, new det
4 jumps
2669.184 informant 1, drake, capella
4 jumps
2669.186 monte 3, new det
3 jumps
2669.187.5 nav 4, nexus
3 jumps
2669.189 monte complete, new det
4 jumps
2669.191 troy
3 jumps more should be plenty to find menesche
1 jump
2669.193 lynch, basque, pyrenees - collect
4 jumps
2669.195 lynch, edom, new cons, - collect
2 jumps
2669.196 goodin 6, perry - collect
2 jumps
2669.197 uhler, blockade pt. alpha
2 jumps
2669.198 goodin complete, perry
2669.198 terrel, perry
2 jumps
2669.199 mcabee, nexus
6 jumps
2669.202 troy
3 jumps
2669.204 drake, capella
6 jumps
2669.207 eden
2 jumps
2669.208 new det (needing repairs :) )
4 jumps
2669.210 drake, capella
3 jumps
2669.212 terrel, perry (going to take a vacation)
2 jumps
2669.213 new reno, nd57 (pleasure base)