Talk:StarCraft: Soldiers

Timeframe
So, awhile ago, Sub did some questions at BlizzCon - questions that can/should be integrated into the wiki AFAIC. However, one thing that caught my attention was the claim that the comic takes place 2-3 years after Amon's defeat. Doesn't help us month as they're still vague as to whether that occurs in 2506 or '08, but I did some math. Within the comic, from issue 3, we get the timeframe:


 * Six years ago: Planet is "pretty quiet."


 * Four years ago: Miners arrive


 * Attacks ramp up over "next few years."


 * Epilogue: 8 years later

So we have 06 or 08 as a baseline, and two years within each baseline. So, that would translate to:

Present: 2506/7 or 2510/11

Six years ago: 2500/1 or 2504/5

Four years ago: 2503/4 or 2506/7

Epilogue: 2512/13 or 2516/17

Confused? Well, I believe we can narrow it down to the following dates using this system:

Six years ago: 2505

Four years ago: 2507

Present: 2511

Epilogue: 2519

The thing is, it's very unlikely the miners arrive before HotS. It's technically possible, but very unlikely. Not the kind of thing that would go unmentioned. By this system, they can arrive in 2505, after Kerrigan's arrived on the planet. Ergo, we get the dates 2507 (-4 years), 2511 (present), and 2517 (epilogue). This is the only set of dates that can function.

I'd argue that even if Amon's defeat is moved back to 2506 (which makes better narrative IMO, but whatever), these dates still work because not only are they valid at the time they were given, but using 2506 as a baseline for defeat doesn't allow the 2-3 year timeframe to work.

That said, need feedback here. Because I've used relative dating before to piece together the timeline before the HD timeline was released, and while I was right in a lot of cases, wrong in others. But either way, food for thought. At the very least, Sub's interview can be worked in if it hasn't already.--Hawki (talk) 23:33, November 9, 2019 (UTC)