Talk:Timeline (RDM)/Archive5

Only twelve days between Caprica Boomer's conception and morning sickness? That put's it at the fourth week, which is pretty much before she notices she is late. Sounds like a possible plot hole. Perhaps the caprica segments were not at the same time as the main fleet episodes or Cylon physilology makes them super sensitive to morning sickness. --Shemnon 18:35, 28 Jul 2005 (EDT)

In fact, the times used here are taken from the captions introducing the Caprica sections in each episode, so a discrepancy is not possible. I too find the interval implausibly short, but that's just how it is, I guess. --Peter Farago 03:18, 29 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Roslin might not live to see Earth; although I don't have a recording of the episode, I thought she just said that she would "lead" them to Earth before her death. And since Roslin was responsible for finding the path to Earth (the starmaps in the Tomb of Athena) it might be argued that she's already 'led' them on the right path to Earth...Kuralyov 17:56, 27 August 2005 (EDT)

Re: Home, Part II: I realize that it's been difficult to firmly establish dates during this season, and anticipate that it will only get worse now that the main Kobol's Last Gleaming – Home arc is complete and the story resumes a more episodic feel. As a result, it would be helpful to justify any timeline estimates on the relevant episode's Notes section, as I have done for Resistance and The Farm. --Peter Farago 18:13, 27 August 2005 (EDT)

Saul and Bill vs. The Evil Cylons

So wait... The Cylong War started when William Adama was, roughly, ten and Saul Tigh was being born? It then went on for about 10 years, thus ending shortly after Adama would have been able to be in the military (assuming both that he wouldn't lie about his age to get in and that the Colonial Fleet has similar age-restrictions to the US Army--both pure speculation) and when Tigh was 10ish. This is my understanding from reading the time-line. I've frankly not paid much attention to when they mention these things on-screen. However, if this is true, then how did the ten-year-old Tigh learn about Cylon boarding party tactics after the Armistice? I have the (perhaps mistaken) impression that both Tigh and Adama are veterans of the Cylon War, but this timeline doesn't seem to allow for that. What's going on here? Am I daft? This is entirely possible. --Day 04:03, 10 September 2005 (EDT)

Untangling Season 2

After their meticulous efforts at keeping track of the timeline during the first season, TPTB have apparently started slacking off this season. A clear timeline is an important resource, however, so let's start untangling things.

• Scattered, Valley of Darkness and Fragged all clearly take place within the same 24-36 hours.

• Resistance begins on day 54 at the earliest. At the end of the episode, Roslin escapes and Bill Adama wakes up. In "The Farm", Gaeta states that Roslin's escape took place "last week". This means "The Farm" begins more than one day after "Resistance", or else Gaeta would have said "yesterday".
  • Begins: Day 54 (earliest)
  • Ends: Day 57 (latest, if "The Farm" began on day 59)
  • Ends: Day 60 (latest, if "The Farm" began on day 62)

• The Farm begins with Adama resuming command. According to D'Anna Biers in "Final Cut", Tigh was in command for "over a week". I take this to mean 8-11 days, since if it had been 12 or more, she probably would have said "almost two weeks". That puts the beginning of this episode at day 59 (earliest) or day 62 (latest). It may be possible to guess the duration of this episode based on how long Thrace spends at the Farm.
  • Begins: Day 59 (earliest)
  • Begins: Day 62 (latest)

• Home, Part I begins immediately after the end of "The Farm".

• Final Cut takes place 10 days after the last Cylon contact. Since there were none since Day 51, unless we count the Roslin Faction's skirmish on Kobol, the the episode clearly takes place much later than day 61, we can assume it's been more than ten days since the end of "Home, Part II".

• Flight of the Phoenix features Cally's release from the brig. Since Bill Adama was being lenient when he sentenced her (in The Farm, some time after she would've been initially imprisoned), we may assume he gave her time served.
  • Begins: Day 87 (If "The Farm" began on day 59, and thus "Resistance" ended on day 57)
  • Begins: Day 90 (If "The Farm" began on day 62, and thus "Resistance" ended on day 60)

More to come. --Peter Farago 19:24, 18 September 2005 (EDT)