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Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 19, 2004, 07:50:22 am
Hi Guys,
I `d like to have a timeline to play FS1&2 chronologically.
Searching the forum I only found Angelfires Storyline Discussion (http://www.angelfire.com/games2/fsarchive/project/data/00001.html) including the canon  missions.
Did anyone do a lists of campaigns/missions before?
If not: I like to start one. Please post campaigns and missions and their date.

I could probably add this later to the FS-Doc Wiki if it seems appropriate.

Thanx

The Longlasting Android javascript:smilie(':rolleyes:')

(futureshock)
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Janos on December 19, 2004, 08:10:12 am
Are you trying to include all MODs, campaigns, missions and stuff? Most of the big projects are kinda "notready".

Thanx

THe Longlasting Android Java Script

(futureshock)
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 19, 2004, 08:20:50 am
Anything playable with FSO. The goal is to play from Unification or before (2300) to Post-Capella (2400+) with ONE pilot. Therefore only missions and campaigns as a whole. I`m not interested in listing ships, weapons, technology or other stuff. Others already did that.
It`s more like doing a playable history book or a patchwork mega campaign.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Gloriano on December 19, 2004, 08:34:02 am
Welcome to the HLP futuresock :)
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on December 19, 2004, 08:36:00 am
The campaigns are not in unison. We do not follow each other's timeline. A very few campaigns follow other user-made campaigns. For example, ITHOV would have followed Derelict. There are a lot of interwentions.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Janos on December 19, 2004, 09:55:44 am
Is it already possible to use the same pilot for multple MODs? I always create a new one for every single campaign, mod or conversion.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: karajorma on December 19, 2004, 10:15:07 am
Use any reasonably new build after 3.6 and you should have no problem.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Primus on December 19, 2004, 10:24:37 am
futureshock
:welcome:
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on December 19, 2004, 10:25:29 am
Damn, a pang of conscience here. I forgot what the wise man did above.

Welcome to HLP, newcomer. We, the proud and little FreeSpace community, are glad that there are still people interested in this game. If you do not happen to be particularly interested in this game, you should stop reading the text in italic.

It is a general tradition at HLP that we zap the newest member using a weapon like this:
:welcome:
That said we modified the original GTVA beam cannon which is hazardless for friendly fire. The beam we fired at you was successfully absorbed by your Newbie Protection Shield technology(developed in January, 2002). Use the power you absorbed to contribute to the work of the community. To find you way how to assist the HLP people, go to FRED Academy (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,28122.0.html) and make a foray.

Enjoy your stay and keep your Newbie Protection System active all the time until you are officially promoted to Senior Member. Avoid asking about FreeSpace 3. Do a search and you will know why.

Thank you for reading all this piece of writing, let me wish you good luck and a happy stay!
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Fergus on December 19, 2004, 10:44:25 am
"ITHOV"?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on December 19, 2004, 10:51:22 am
Into the Halls of Valhalla - RIP
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 19, 2004, 11:00:48 am
@TopAce:
I know that their are a lot of inconsistencies in between the Mods.
(As well as I realize how much excellent work was done in the last year I`ve been lurking.)
 But the idea to play a LONG campaign itched me for a while now. I`m willing to live with branches and alternate realities; even at one point in the future considering to do this for B5 and Stithes "Universes Project".
What gave me the idea that it might work is the talk in BWO about Derelict& BWO having connections... and the fact how many attempts have been started to have something vaguely resembling a consistent timeline...
To simplify things:
Which campaigns (even unfinished) might qualify? I would keep missions (except Ross) out at the moment.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TrashMan on December 20, 2004, 07:24:50 am
(http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/images/welcome2hlpbb.gif)

ZANG!!!!

Exits are to your left, right, front, behind, up and down....actually everywhere. Only you won't be able to use them as you are one of us now. There is a flamethrower under your seat, but it's filled with water (we ran out of napalm). Plasma Rifles are in maximum security lockers acessable only by admins.

If you see a Shivan in the air ducts, it's probably only Carl. Give him you lunch, or pocket money, or your soul and you should be fine (I hope).

Do not mention FS3 or satan (Derek Smart) or you might suffer a fate worse than death...

Enjoy your stay...
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: aldo_14 on December 20, 2004, 07:33:15 am
Quote
Originally posted by futureshock
@TopAce:
I know that their are a lot of inconsistencies in between the Mods.
(As well as I realize how much excellent work was done in the last year I`ve been lurking.)
 But the idea to play a LONG campaign itched me for a while now. I`m willing to live with branches and alternate realities; even at one point in the future considering to do this for B5 and Stithes "Universes Project".
What gave me the idea that it might work is the talk in BWO about Derelict& BWO having connections... and the fact how many attempts have been started to have something vaguely resembling a consistent timeline...
To simplify things:
Which campaigns (even unfinished) might qualify? I would keep missions (except Ross) out at the moment.


I think Derelict and Warzone were at least loosely connected, weren't they?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: kasperl on December 20, 2004, 07:40:59 am
Yup, and BWO should be able to fit in after em both.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Setekh on December 20, 2004, 08:52:07 am
Try this, futureshock: http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/fsurp/

And welcome to HLP. :)

:welcome:
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 20, 2004, 10:20:43 am
Doesn`t help Setekh. I looked into it before. It gives a historical account but not an campaign one.

So far a campaign timeline looks like :

Terran Vasudan War Campaign
Ross128 Mission
Freespace 1 Campaign
Freespace 2 Campaign
...
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: aldo_14 on December 20, 2004, 10:22:27 am
:nod:
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 20, 2004, 10:48:50 am
Terran Vasudan War Campaign
Ross128 Mission
Freespace 1 Campaign
All Hands to War
Freespace 2 Campaign
Branch-->                                                                                     Into the Depths of Hell
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 20, 2004, 11:04:24 am
Terran Vasudan War Campaign
Ross128 Mission
Freespace 1 Campaign
All Hands to War
 Freespace 2 Campaign - BRANCH--> The Aeos Affair
Into the Depths of Hell


Where would Boomerang fit in?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: aldo_14 on December 20, 2004, 11:07:45 am
Boomerang is set during FS2, isn't it?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Goober5000 on December 20, 2004, 11:47:56 am
There's Silent Threat, too.  And soon, Silent Threat: Reborn... ;7

Many of the projects that fill gaps in the timeline haven't been released yet.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 21, 2004, 03:44:35 pm
Thanx for the warm welcome btw
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Deepstar on December 21, 2004, 06:26:56 pm
Terran Vasudan War
Ross 128 Missions
Freespace 1
Sol: A History (Missions go from Last FS1 Mission to Inferno)
Silent Threat
Pandora's Box
Freespace 2
Derelict
Revenge - Final Conflict
Inferno

This are the Campaigns i'm remember..
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Goober5000 on December 21, 2004, 06:30:43 pm
Shrouding the Light can go between Silent Threat and Pandora's Box.  And Homesick can go between Pandora's Box (I think) and FS2.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Janos on December 21, 2004, 11:27:20 pm
How about Warzone, does it go between Derelict and FS2?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Gloriano on December 22, 2004, 02:37:40 am
Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14


I think Derelict and Warzone were at least loosely connected, weren't they?


Very very loosely connected, something about Lucifer in Derelict and shivans in Warzone.:drevil:
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on December 22, 2004, 05:20:07 am
Quote
Originally posted by Deepstar
Terran Vasudan War
Ross 128 Missions
Freespace 1
Sol: A History (Missions go from Last FS1 Mission to Inferno)
Silent Threat
Pandora's Box
Freespace 2
Derelict
Revenge - Final Conflict
Inferno

This are the Campaigns i'm remember..


I guess there are more than two years between Derelict and FS2, so I think my campaign Renegade Ressurgence could go between them. The Journey to Epsilon Pegasi is a concurrent campaign with FS2, it starts a few days before the Colossus is blown up and ends roughly a week after Capella is sealed.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: aldo_14 on December 22, 2004, 05:27:23 am
Quote
Originally posted by Deepstar
Terran Vasudan War
Ross 128 Missions
Freespace 1
Sol: A History (Missions go from Last FS1 Mission to Inferno)
Silent Threat
Pandora's Box
Freespace 2
Derelict
Revenge - Final Conflict
Inferno

This are the Campaigns i'm remember..


Cas of War slots 5 years after FS2 (albiet it doesn't actually do anything to advance the storyline and was really a bit of a filler to flesh out some background stuff I'd already set down for Reci).
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Deepstar on December 22, 2004, 11:38:54 am
Updated:

Terran Vasudan War (2321-2335)
Ross 128 Missions (2335)
Freespace: The Great War (2335)
Sol: A History (2335 - 2372)
Silent Threat (2336)
Shrouding the Light (2336)
Homesick (2355)
Pandora's Box (2366)
Neo Terra (2367)
Freespace 2 (2367)
The Aeos Affair (2367)
The Journey to Epsilon Pegasi (2367)
Second Front (2367)
Into the Dephts of Hell (Start in 2367)
Shadows of Kraken (2367)
Renegade Ressurgence
Derelict (2372)
Casaulties of War (2372)
Revenge - Final Conflict (2378-2379)
Inferno

I don't have all Campaign Dates..

Update 2: Added "Shrouding the Light", "Second Front", "Shadows of Kraken"
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Goober5000 on December 22, 2004, 11:54:01 am
You forgot this one...
Quote
Originally posted by Goober5000
Shrouding the Light can go between Silent Threat and Pandora's Box.
STL takes place in 2336.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 22, 2004, 03:28:45 pm
Terran Vasudan War (2321-2335)
Ross 128 Missions (2335)
Freespace: The Great War/Freespace Port (2335)
Sol: A History (2335 - 2372)
Silent Threat (2336)
Shrouding the Light (2336)
Homesick (2355)
Pandora's Box (2366)
Neo Terra (2367)
Freespace 2 (2367)
The Aeos Affair (2367)
The Journey to Epsilon Pegasi (2367)
Second Front (2367)
Into the Dephts of Hell (Start in 2367)
Shadows of Kraken (2367)
Cleaning Crew (2367)
Deus Ex Machina (2367)
Renegade Ressurgence
Derelict (2372)
Casaulties of War (2372)
Revenge - Final Conflict (2378-2379)
Inferno
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Mad Bomber on December 22, 2004, 03:41:41 pm
Warzone takes place in 2371, IIRC.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on December 23, 2004, 04:35:10 am
Renegade Ressurgence is between 2368-69.
Be precise. :p
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Singh on December 23, 2004, 04:50:25 am
Desperation occurs during the FS2 main campaign, but more towards the ending. During FS2 to post-capella (if I can ever get Chapter 2 complete)
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Kie99 on December 25, 2004, 01:35:18 pm
Quote
Originally posted by ngtm1r
Terran Vasudan War (2321-2335)
Ross 128 Missions (2335)
Freespace: The Great War/Freespace Port (2335)
Sol: A History (2335 - 2372)
Silent Threat (2336)
Shrouding the Light (2336)
Homesick (2355)
Pandora's Box (2366)
Neo Terra (2367)
Freespace 2 (2367)
The Aeos Affair (2367)
The Journey to Epsilon Pegasi (2367)
Second Front (2367)
Into the Dephts of Hell (Start in 2367)
Shadows of Kraken (2367)
Cleaning Crew (2367)
Deus Ex Machina (2367)
Renegade Ressurgence
Derelict (2372)
Casaulties of War (2372)
Revenge - Final Conflict (2378-2379)
Inferno


Does DEM really count.  If it did then there would have been 5 Lucifers flying round GTVA space and the Colossus would have been destroyed while trying to attack the GTD nYllPhuasdenjgb(I might have misspelt it slightly).  Which directly conflicts with the plot of FS2!
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Goober5000 on December 25, 2004, 01:50:11 pm
Of course it counts.  It's all those dang Plot Holes that mess everything up. :p
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Kie99 on December 25, 2004, 03:20:35 pm
You mean the ones in the cargo containers?  Or the Intergalactic travelling plothole?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Goober5000 on December 25, 2004, 04:02:10 pm
All of them. :lol:
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 28, 2004, 05:24:56 pm
UPDATE

Thanx a lot. My collection looks now like this:
Starting Date - Campaign
------------------------
 Terran Vasudan War (2321-2335)
 Ross 128 Missions (2335)
 Freespace: The Great War (2335) (Should be played in FSPort :) )
  Sol: A History (2335 - 2372) --> Derelict (2372)
 Silent Threat (2336)
 Shrouding the Light (2336)
2346 - Allied Worlds
 Homesick (2355)
2364 - Sync
 Pandora's Box (2366)
 Neo Terra (2367)
 Freespace 2 (2367)
 The Journey to Epsilon Pegasi (2367)
 Desperation (2367)
 The Aeos Affair (2367)
 Second Front (2367)
 Shadows of Kraken (2367)
 Cleaning Crew (2367)
 Deus Ex Machina (2367)
 Boomerang (2367)
  Into the Depths of Hell (2367-????)
2368-69 - Renegade Resurgence
2371 - Warzone
 Derelict (2372)
 Casualities of War (2372)
 Machina Terra (2374)
 Origins (oct 2374-)
 Revenge - Final Conflict (2378-2379)
2379 -  Second Great War Part II
 Inferno
2999 - Millenium
 
YET UNKNOWN
----------

All Hands to War
Aftermath
Desperate Times
Unification Prequel Campaign
Dante 's Ascension
Gateway
NTF Campaign
Operation Odin's Spear

Any comments/additions?
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Nuclear1 on December 28, 2004, 08:10:13 pm
Nice :yes:
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on December 28, 2004, 08:55:54 pm
Machina Terra--2374

Origins -- starts in oct 2374
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: aldo_14 on December 29, 2004, 04:05:14 am
I don't think we're counting unfinished campaigns, natch.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 29, 2004, 04:53:37 am
TVWP snuck in there somehow, though...

Boomerang takes place during FS2, doesn't it? If so, it ought to be 2367.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: futureshock on December 29, 2004, 07:24:55 am
TVWP is pure hope and greed ;)
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on January 01, 2005, 12:13:28 pm
My newest campaign will be played in 1548. Title undecided. :D
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: grilox on January 06, 2005, 01:48:58 pm
Just Another Day takes place some time after Deus Ex Machina, due to the references to DEM.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on January 06, 2005, 02:49:30 pm
Are you sure DEM and JAD should be listed? I am not sure.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 08, 2005, 02:13:15 am
Well, DEM does have a fixed, known start date. JAD doesn't.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: TopAce on January 08, 2005, 04:31:25 am
It's a valid point, but neither of them are believable to really happen.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: grilox on January 08, 2005, 06:54:15 pm
You can explain DEM away by the roaming plothole, and you can explain JAD by the fact that the adventure mostly took place through a knossos.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 08, 2005, 06:56:19 pm
Believablity wasn't a requirement for ending up on the timeline. It just had to be a campaign.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Axem on January 08, 2005, 07:28:28 pm
Hey, JAD has a perfectly reasonable explaination, I have an half-done mission explaining everything. ;) Anyway, JAD would take place in whenever the GTVA has their presidential elections, so why not say 2368.
Title: Campaigns/Missions Timeline
Post by: Kie99 on January 09, 2005, 01:15:38 pm
Extra Campaign
Millenium, set in 2999! With Orions, Hecates and Leviathans and one colossus