Thread:Bratpack/@comment-2041242-20140815030722/@comment-112155-20140815110056

Given that James Gunn explicitly stated that the events happen in "real time", the local choice would be to choose August 1 for the retrieval of the Orb in Morag.

And given that is an event that happens every 300 years, it's logical that the Collector hired Gamora some months beforehand, to let her prepare for the event.