Freeport info inconsistency

[DAnvilFan]

The wiki writers assumed "over 60 years ago" meant "a number of years that's close to 60."

Fact of the matter is that we have no idea when FP1 was built other than before 740 AS. Freeport 2 was founded in 650 AS, and with FP1 being the first it must mean that it was found even before 650.

Now what's really going to tickle your fancy is that Ames Research Station was settled by Zoners soon after it opened. Ames opened in 550 AS. Which means that the Zoner movement is well over 200 years old. But there's more. While Zoners settled Ames Research Station they didn't take over operations until the employees of the station were layed off. The employees of the station were layed off when 680 AS rolled around and the Ion Storm didn't come through.

Can anyone guess the location of the mysterious Freeport 3 now? I'll give you a hint.

Freeport 1: Founded before Freeport 2.
Freeport 2: 650 AS
Ames Research: 680 AS

Well whayu know.

Most of us try to skate over that.

For now, accept the explanation that Freeport 2 did not identify themselves as Zoners until they interacted with Freeport 1 and officially labeled themselves Zoners.

You can take this theory if you stretch it very wide but it's not neccessary. A bar infocard states that Hamburg and Texas settlers rebuilt the station after settlement and named it Freeport 2. The wording is pretty straight forward. You can interpret that they hung around the station for 90 years before naming it Freeport 2. That's a hell of a long time. What's a lot easier is to realize that Freeport 1's year of establishment is never specified.