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#1 robertblack

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Posted 26 November 2015 - 09:57 AM

Now that the developer playthrough of mental Act 1 is finished, I felt motivated to try and make a definite timeline for the missions in Act 1 based solely on the pre and post mission briefings available before and after each mission, respectively. While I feel fairly confident in the ordering of the early and late game missions, I had a hard time getting a definite timeline for the mid-game missions. Any help in figuring out the ordering for those would greatly be appreciated! I remeber seeing another timeline chart linked somewhere before but I can't find it anymore :whatoa:

 

Some things I should mention about the chart I made. Missions that span more than one "box" worth of space imply that the mission could start and end at any point in the space reserved by the number of boxes. As an example, Epsilon 4 could start at the same time as Soviet 3 and end after one, two, or threes boxes worth of time. Or it could start at the same time as Soviet 4 and end after one or two time boxes. I used this notation for missions that I couldn't get a definite reference frame for when a mission begins and ends.

 

The orange boxes on the right define dependencies that must occur for the briefings to be accurate. For example, the beginning briefing for Soviet 3 explicitly mentions the Allies retaking the Florida military base that you take in Allied 4. Thus, Allied 4 must have finished before Soviet 3 began.

 

The most notable missions that I'd love help figuring out are as follow:

  • Does Epsilon 2 (Accelerant) happen at the same time as Allied 1 and Soviet 1 or after? Allied 2 must happen after Epsilon 2 so the timing would help resolve a few unknowns.
  • Is there a specific time when the Golden gate bridge attack happens? Allied 4 mentions the western Allied fleet being decimated which hints that Soviet 2 finishes before Allied 4 but it's unknown when exactly Soviet 2 happens.
  • I'm not sure when Epsilon 3 & 4 happen specifically since they're hardly mentioned in the Soviet and Allied briefings. The only mention of Epsilon 3 is in the first Allied coop mission which suggests Epsilon 3 happens around the same time as Soviet 3.
  • There's no indication of when the first few missions for all sides occur after the North American Theater dies down. They could happen simultaneously or could occur at different times. This is the segment that I'm most curious about.

In addition, I haven't personally played the coop missions yet so I don't know what those missions tell you about the timeline. As those get uploaded, I'll try to refine the timeline as best as possible.

 

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#2 CLAlstar

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Posted 26 November 2015 - 11:51 AM

I remember lovalmidas made already a timeline for all MO missions in act 1.

 

I found it: http://forums.revora...ssion-timeline/

 

Couple of things:

- A2 after E2 - Thats not really possible, since russian attacks on europe started after Russia took control of most of US.

- S5 and A6 happening in same time - Quite possible but debriefing of S5 shows A6 like its already gone.

- E7 after A7 - no corelation found.

- A11, S9, E8 - while i agree about A11 and S9, E8 have no corelation
- A12, S10 and E9 - A12 happens earlier than remeaning 2. S10 and E9 happen in same time.

- S11 and E10 - possible, i remember E10 briefing mentioned something like that.



#3 robertblack

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Posted 27 November 2015 - 04:11 AM

Thanks for finding that other timeline! I had hoped to use that one for reference but I couldn't find it beforehand.

 

I'll try and explain my reasoning for some of the dependencies.

  • In regard to A2 after E2, I think you're right but they must happen sometime really close to each other. The Allied 2 briefing mentions that "We've received intel from the Euro Alliance saying that the Russians attacked Eastern Europe as well". Epsilon 2 takes place at Verecke pass which is a mountainous area near the western boarder of Ukraine. Depending on how you interpret the Allied briefing, the Russians either begin the European invasion at the beginning of Allied 2 or they're currently marching through Ukraine at the beginning of that mission. Personally, I think lovalmidas got the time right for Epsilon 2 since that makes the most sense.
  • I'm not sure about A6 and S5 because their briefings seem to hint that they happen at the same time. The Allied 6 pre-briefing states "We have already received word of two new beacons in both St. Louis and Chicago" and when the Allied mission begins the beacon in Chicago is already active. The Soviet mission then states in its pre-breifing "Two Beacons, to be built simultaneously in Chicago and in St Louis" and in its post-briefing "We have recieved news though that the Psychic Amplifier in Chicago has been destroyed". Thus, the Soviet mission cannot happen before the Allied mission due to the post briefing, but the Allied mission cannot happen before the Soviet mission because then a beacon would not have been built in St Louis by that point. That leaves the case that the two mission happen simultaneously which seems to be the only reasonable case.
  • I believe E7 happens sometime after A7 (short time after) due to the pre-briefing for E7: "Another Commander, a particular stubborn American one, not only was the one who freed New York City and Chicago, but just recently hit our Union’s primary MIDAS production plant".
  • I agree about E8. It could definitely happen before A11 and S9 or it could happen at the same time. The only requirement is that it happens before S10.
  • I think that A12 has to happen at either the same time as S10/E9 because of the pre-briefing for S10 and S11. S10 states that: "It seems the Kremlin wants the war to be over, and has authorized the last MIDAS to be used, except the Alliance Gladius system is protecting the Isles. The entire Comintern is at the coast" and S11: "It seems we were right after all Comrade - the invasion of Great Britain has failed". It's possible that Allied 12 is well under way when S10 begins but it can't end beforehand if that briefing is to be accurate.

Of course, in the end MO is just a game and trying to figure out the timing for missions might end up being a fools errand on my part. Gameplay comes first after all. Still, I think that MO has a great narrative which is why I've been trying to piece together the story down to the last detail!



#4 CLAlstar

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Posted 27 November 2015 - 11:00 AM

There is still one more thing that confirms that S10 and A12 cannot happen at same time. Appearance of Volkov and Chitzkoi. They are dropped near allied base in A12, and somehow theyre recovered after Allies manages to hanle those two.



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Posted 27 November 2015 - 12:01 PM

That one more thing can be explained via Volkov's site bio: that there indeed is a Volkov production plant.
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