A merging of various sources including:
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Admiral Tom Jarvis repots completion of improved fighter prototypes:
(NOTE: Thanks to Bainbridge's secret order authorizing testing during false peace.)
–FT
“I am replying to your inquiry about Colonel Christopher Blair, TCSF. Colonel Blair has severe internal
bleeding, oxygen deprivation sickness, moderate radiation poisoning, head trauma, several small fractures,
and several severe fractures on his arms and legs. His situation is however stabilized, and I estimate
that he has about 6 months for full recovery.”
–FT
Grayson Burrows arrives to Troy, Gemini, claims his Tarsus
Hancock reports Lexington class carrier refitting complete for self-sustaining operation.
–FT
Following the attack on Earth, the Terran Intelligence Agency deploys a top-secret,
tactical search party through a previously uncharted Kilrathi jump point. A heavy
carrier named TCS Lexington is equipped with self-sustaining recycling systems,
mining apparatus, and a 62-person Special Operations team. This unit leaves Goddard
Transfer Station and passes through a newly discovered jump point. Its mission:
- to search out and destroy Kilrathi forces, sector by sector. The mission fails
when the Lexington starts an ambush on an equally equipped Kilrathi carrier, which
results in the destruction of both carriers.
WC Armada, KS Manual, The Kilrathi Counter-Attack
(Where did they get the story of the encounter with a Kat carrier? Can't find any
other references to it :P …)
COVERT INFILTRATION
A new secret carrier, the TCS Lexington departs from the
Goddard Transfer Station. Its mission: destroy the enemy
system by system. A self-sustaining, powerful vessel, carrying
among its crew a special unit of 62 Covert Operatives, the
carrier passes through a secret jump point into Kilrathi space.
The Lexington is not heard from thereafter, and is presumed
lost with all hands.
–Armada
The Lexington class carrier TCS Lexington was a secret ship
designed to be completely self-sufficient. Equipped with oxygen
planetariums, water-producing modules and greenhouse gardens
the ship supported a crew of 62 and sported a complement of 18
fighters. The Lexington was sent on a mission to locate and
destroy Kilrah … via uncharted jump points, but failed and didn't
return from the mission.
–WC Encyclopedia - Combat Information Center
Commander Jacorski's shore leave is cut short as he is ordered to Goddard transfer Station for an unknown reason. Upon his arrival, he meets General Sturdivan who assigns him as Commander of the newly constructed TCS Lexington. He is ordered to tell his crew only that the ship is performing a dangerous strike run and is sworn to secrecy. As Commander of the new secret ship TCS Lexington (Armada), Commander Jacorski orders 61 people to Goddard Transfer Station, where they will join his crew. Orders were sent as follows:
–Voices of War
TCS Tarawa crippled in a Kilrathi attack.
TCS Lexington leaves from Goddard, on its secret mission to Kilrah
Jarvis reports carrier repairs completion. Ready for deployment are:
Plus 6 Concordia-class:
–FT
President Dave Quinson declines Tolwyn's requests.
–FT
Six days after beginning its mission, Commander Jacorski tells the crew of the TCS Lexington (Armada) what their mission is. The crew soon realises that their chances of completing the mission are slim.
–Voices of War
Two days after hearing the accouncement of the TCS Lexington's (Armada) mission, over twenty of the ship's sixty-two crew report to the ship's doctor, James Heircho for counseling or anti-anxiety medication.
–Voices of War
President Dave Quinson declines Tolwyn's request to be in charge of 7th Fleet.
–FT
Richards reports new Kat fighters encountered:
–FT
Destroying a majority of the attacking CVE forces, the Kilrathi
military started to gain a momentum that would rear its ugly
head in their massive counter-offensive that started near the
beginning of March.
Approximately twenty Kilrathi carrier groups attacked from
all points along the front and steamrolled over the defending
Confed forces.
The Confederation Forward Fleet lost six of its twelve carriers
in an utterly disasterous period lasting from March to June.
–WC
Vice Admiral Jack Rumley, Aloysius system, Vega sector (Roberts quadrant) reports:
–FT
The TCS Illustrious was destroyed in the Aloysius System by the famed Kilrathi ace “Bloodmist”.
–WC
Prof. Monkhouse is kidnapped by Rondell agents
Richards reports on new Kat bomber:
–FT
The 6th Confederation fleet is lost around Midgard.
–PT
Could this be a reference to the TCS Wellington? Gemini's fleet is the 15th, according to Fleet Tactics; but apparently there is no canon reference identifying Gemini's fleet. However, there is a canon reference to a 6th Fleet that was decimated at Deneb (Epsilon):
…2666, of which the most drastic was destruction of the 6th Battle Fleet in the Deneb Sector.
In just six hours, Thrakhath's forces destroyed the dreadnought TCS Apocalypse (flagship
of the 6th Fleet) and the carriers Freedom, Viking, and Gibraltar
–FT
It should also be mentioned that there is a system named “Midgard” in Deneb (Epsilon), Antares quadrant. The bar rumor doesn't specifically say “Midgard in Gemini, near Perry”, though it would seem logical they'd be commenting on local news…; and there's no mention of a 6th fleet anywhere else in WC around 2669, AFAIK.
Jarvis reports completion of new fleet carriers. Ready for deployment:
–FT
Ernesto Sandoval, against the cautions of Damien and Deiter Lang, embarked for New Detroit. He manages to recover Deiter's artifact from Bronte HQ, where it had been stored since Lynch had taken it from Deiter. Lynch hires mercenaries to mount a 24 hour watch around New Det. Sandoval plays a waiting game, hoping that Lynch will eventually have to give up and stop maintaining a mercenary perimeter. In the meantime, he hires privateers to do dummy deliveries carrying the artifact with them, so that if he's caught by Lynch he can say he doesn't have it.
–PA
Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell requests 2 fleet carriers for reinforcement, citing: * loss of light carrier TCS Wellington * Kilrathi moving older Snakier II class carriers near Gemini * Retro insurgency picking up. * Pirates and crime syndicates on the rise * Current forces: “rat-pack of militia fighters, a squadron of destroyers, and several shitbox light carriers” –FT
Vice Admiral Jack Rumley orders the Concordia-class fleet carries TCS Winterrowd and TCS Valiant
to Perry Naval Base.
–FT
Kilrathi raiders enter Hell's Kitchen to seize the opportunity left by a departing TCS Valiant.
Rear Admiral Ludmilla Petranova, takes the Confederation-class dreadnought TCS Armageddon, under her command,
from Proxima to Hell's Kitchen, to counter the offensive.
–FT
A Kilrathi cruiser and escorts cross Clarke quadrant, move into Palan, and, from space, attack several buildings belonging to Rondell Corporation, on the agricultural planet. Dr. Monkhouse escapes alive, as his captors are killed.
–PA
Grayson Burrows meets Sandoval at a bar in New Detroit. Takes possession of stolen Steltek artefact. –PT
Mob boss Roman Lynch's cousin, Regis, murders Ernesto Sandoval; and gets caught at the scene, smoking gun in hand, dead Sandoval on the floor, by local militias
responding to a call. Roman Lynch uses his influence to have the militias forget that they saw Regis, and to try
to frame the unfortunate privateer who'd last seen Sandoval, instead. The militias plaster wanted posters with Burrow's face all over town.
–PA
Rear Admiral Ludmilla Petranova, current commander of TCS Armageddon, accused by Fletcher of disobeying orders by
leaving Proxima Centauri for Hell's Kitchen in Vega sector to stop a Kat raid.
Rear Admiral Johnny Murasaki, current commander of TCS Eisenhower, threatened by Fletcher with court martial for
suggesting moving carriers to the front.
–FT
Roman Lynch asks Tayla to wait for Burrows in New Detroit and to ”…take him away from New Detroit, make
him look like a fugitive, turn him into a pirate, keep him busy; and, if possible, have him meet with death.”
–PA
Grayson Burrows meets Tayla in New Detroit
–PT
Planet Palan blockaded:
Bronte Corporation's hired guild mercenaries lay siege to planet Palan, Gemini; R. Lynch foots the bill.
–PA
–PA
Admiral Vance Richards reports loss of carrier:
–FT
The TCS Quinson battle group encountered one of the new Kilrathi dreadnoughts and the entire group was wiped out.
–WC
TCS Winterrowd arrives in Perry
–FT
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.
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”.
–WC
So, it seems we haven't missed any. However, 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.
Grayson Burrows meets mob boss Roman Lynch in Gemini's capital, New Constantinople
–PT
Admiral Vance Richards reports new Kat fleet carrier:
–FT
Grayson Burrows foils Salman Kroiz's attempt to intercept a delivery of weapons to Siva,
Rikel. Kroiz, former governor Menesch's right hand man, barely survives by ejecting from his craft
in a state of the art, stealth ejection seat; and hiding behind an asteroid.
–PU
Mob boss Roman Lynch's cousin, Regis, accused of murder, escapes custody. He's believed by
authorities to be traveling towards Romulus.
–Priv
Kroiz arrives in Eden for treatment and surgery. His face is removed and then replaced with
not too advanced prosthetic tissue, due to Retro surgeons' measured reliance on technology.
–PU
Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell reports loss of carrier:
–WC
TCN military analyst Guthrig Andropolos, son of Commander Jedora Andropolos, who died in the
Iason incident of 2629, updates the History of the War database.
–KS Manual
Grayson Burrows foils a pirate data mining op near Oxford, destroys their flag ship Black Rhombus
–PT
Grayson Burrows saves famous writer Hunter Toth from a Retro attempt to assassinate him
–PT
Grayson Burrows meets Professor Monkhouse at a bar in Palan, Gemini
–PT
Grayson Burrows and 2 Militia escorts break Bronte Corporation's blockade of Rondell, in Palan
–PT
A Kilrathi flight-group near Palan fails to kidnap Professor Monkhouse during his trip to Basra.
–PT
Prof. Monkhouse identifies location on Steltek map by joining Burrows' artifict and his own piece.
–PT
Grayson Burrows meets Taryn Cross, joins the Exploratory Service on a contract basis
–PT
Admiral Vance Richards reports new Kat stealth fighter:
–FT
A luxury cruiser is attacked soon after departing Basra refinery en route to Sol. The attackers were
cloaked before the attack; believed to be Kilrathi. No survivors or escape capsules found.
–PU
Admiral Vance Richards reports new Kat fighter:
–FT
Grayson Burrows explores Delta Prime; obtains Steltek energy weapon; is followed by drone.
–PT
Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell reports suspected “Kilrathi superweapon”:
–FT
The TCS Winterrowd, also reassigned to the Gemini Sector, was destroyed by what Intelligence has determined
to be a Kilrathi superweapon.
–WC
TCS Winterrowd is destroyed by a Steltek drone.
–Priv
Grayson Burrows meets Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell at his office in Perry
–PT
Grayson Burrows destroys the Steltek drone at Blockade Point Tango, Gemini, Clarke quadrant
–PT
Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell gives Burrows a Medal of Valour.
–PT
Burrows arrives at Jolson to stay there for a badly needed vacation.
–PT