Freelancer Timeline

[Blodo]

No Snapp, that statement would imply that the story is starting at 0 A.S. when in fact it starts at 800 A.S. in both instances (in the campaign that Chris Roberts initially planned to put in, and in the one that actually got put in - Atticus Rockford was meant to arrive in 800 A.S. as well but as we all know that angle was eventually dropped from the campaign, as was the Solar System plot). They didn't actually split anything in the end, and multiplayer is basically open SP with the ability for others to connect to your game. Both start in 800 A.S. and therefore 800 years after the sleeper ships reached Sirius. They reached Sirius in 2200 A.D. since the journey took from less than a year to about 30 years depending on the damage each sleeper ship incurred or the actual journey path planned.

Chris Roberts' statement only supports that, when as you quoted he says "Freelancer is actually set about 800 years beyond where StarLancer is set". Starlancer is set in 2160 A.D., Freelancer is set in 800 A.S., 0 A.S./2200 A.D. is the undisputable date the sleeper ships launched for Sirius. Give or take that leaves us almost squarely 800 years beyond where StarLancer is set.