According to this weeks Episode, the plague happened in the Bay Area months ago.

[noladude]

Ok seriously now, you guys are just finding thingsto ***** about.

[baelrusk]

i dont know about that. personally i couldn't make heads or tails of that message...what i do know, it's not the first time the plague has happened. first episode of series explained this. and i do know, that it would not take months for the missile we all launched to reach st louis from san fran is maybe a two hour flight....

Not to mention during the trip to the ICBM, you're attacked by infected victims.

Also, I can't see an ICBM performing an effective "delivery". or even it surviving a trip in what is supposedly preventing the use of high altitude vehicles.
I wish it would just be admitted already.......the stories between the two just don't fit.

As far as it appears to me..........the only similarity between the game and the show are names. JUST names.

[Powdered ToastMan]

I'm less concerned with the timeline and more concerned with the unimpressive crossovers. I bought the game based on the premise that the worlds were combined and in-game actions impacted the show and visa-versa, but it has been made pretty clear in livestreams and game content alike that the worlds exist almost completely independent of one another. I understand the whole "the badlands is dangerous and not everyone can cross" premise for the extreme separation, but isn't my in-game character an arkhunter? Like, a person that goes out to seek danger and puts their life on the line would not, in my opinion, qualify as a part of the masses that would not be able to make a badlands journey. Rynn made it, right? And then I had to help her in an episode mission.

Give it time nov, time. considering it's only been sense April and this show is only on it's what...tenth or eleventh episode?

At this time so far we have managed to save Defiance from a plague, and harbor a fugitive ... not much but something. And now based on this newest episode, im thinking next week we will see not only possibly Rhynn but defiantly some eschilons hunting down Nolan...it's probably going to be a while before they release an expansion allowing us more transit...if you watch the show, then you already know about how the current Mayor wants to create a train between San Fran and Defiance ... can you not see what potentially Trion has in store for us?

[JxSiN]

Maybe the outbreak did start months ago, and besides the already given answer of "it's not a 1:1 timeline" there are other possible explanations that actually can accompany that answer.

It could have started months ago, but how long would it take to reach stage 4? We were introduced to it with stage 4 afflicted. The plague could have started earlier and we just didn't know.

SF is pretty barren, it could have started off real small and unnoticed and finally worked its way into settlements. Unlike Defiance, where people are closer compacted and the opportunity for it to spread faster is greater.

Cures just don't pop out of the blue either, that could have taken a while to create.

But yeah, tv and game time frames aren't the same as in real life (unless you are watching 24). A single episode of any tv show can span days, weeks, or even years. I think a lot of people are basing the game/show time frame based on when Nolan left the bay and 2 weeks later was in Defiance on the TV show. What isn't really said is the time frame between the two, or for how long Nolan was actually in that area (or stopped by other areas) before the events of the first episode.

[Nokz]

Doc said her associate in the Bay area has been working on a cure for months. MONTHS. That is not three weeks, that's two months minimum.

If your trying to rationalize it with the ingame day/night cycle, then why have content start/stop to coinside with the episodes?

I think I'm asking for continuity here. Don't try to change the rules to cover a possible flub. Own up to it. I am more then willing to accept that maybe it was an accident that was overlooked. Shtako happens.

Edit for better clarification.

Really? so the timeline isn't 1:1. Then why make a big deal about giving Nolan and Irisa two weeks to travel from San Fran to St. Louis? You guys "the devs' have pushed continuity between game and show since day one. Now you say it isn't... Just own up to a simple script flub for shtakos sake.

[Powdered ToastMan]

Not to mention during the trip to the ICBM, you're attacked by infected victims.

Also, I can't see an ICBM performing an effective "delivery". or even it surviving a trip in what is supposedly preventing high altitude vehicles.
I wish it would just be admitted already.......the stories between the two just don't fit.

As far as it appears to me..........the only similarity between the game and the show are names. JUST names.

personally, i figured it was going to be a gas cure as in the missile lands and creates a big cloud or something...

but i wont get into details, as it's a bit complicated. it would be possible to get the missile near Defiance safely. it's just a matter of calibrating the trajectory and a few other things as well. most likely the vaccine cases would be placed in the warheads container. also, i am sure erin like the doctor in defi used some alien tec to help the process.

it is sci fi after all, don't forget that. so all else fails remind yourself "thank god we invented the ___"

[Schmiznurf]

Doc said her associate in the Bay area has been working on a cure for months. MONTHS. That is not three weeks, that's two months minimum.

If your trying to rationalize it with the ingame day/night cycle, then why have content start/stop to coinside with the episodes?

I think I'm asking for continuity here. Don't try to change the rules to cover a possible flub. Own up to it. I am more then willing to accept that maybe it was an accident that was overlooked. Shtako happens.

Just because the episodes air one week apart, it doesn't mean the content is too. The last few episodes could have taken place over months for all we know.

[Powdered ToastMan]

Doc said her associate in the Bay area has been working on a cure for months. MONTHS.

And i think you are missing the point as well.

A. Months she had been working on a cure....not the plague itself. (most likely from one of the previous outbreaks she maintained antigens, dead virus bits, etc)

B. There have been out breaks in the past, thus how it would make sense a cure would have been "worked" on.

C. it is sci fi. not reality. so always, if you get upset you need to remind yourself of "thank goodness we invented the___"

and finally. D. they got the plague from that San Fran reporter. If you think about it with a calm head, you could rationalize something simple as, she came in to Defiance on an armored transport. she left San Fran before the stage 4 so had no idea she was a carrier.

on that note, i also liked the person who said that it might have been already going on months before we started playing in this game. it would make some sense that possibly, among other things...Rhynn caught it along the way and brought it to Bay area.

[Kierro Kai]

Just because the episodes air one week apart, it doesn't mean the content is too. The last few episodes could have taken place over months for all we know.

Just adding on to, Schmiznurf. Remember what Rynn said about the note bout Sukar (Love to see him ingame) "Wha-... THIS WAS SENT DAYS AGO!" Also since there's no Air Mail, because no planes due to radiation. (Carrier was below radiation lvl) Letter deliveries, would be like in the Old West, be received weeks or even months.

[Christm77]

One thing your all forgetting and many of us still want an answer for, who was the Ark Hunter that Eren sent out for materials to synthezise the cure?

It clearly wasn't us so who? Unless Trion are planning a reveal, its either too late as the plague is over ingame & in Defiance or someone dropped the ball in the planning & forgot about it.

Personally I figured that this would be the crossover episode that brought in the player character from Defiance but clearly it wasn't.