Ok, I think I have a possible timeline down for where this ET fits into the game if it is considered canon. Of course, this missionās canonicity cannot be addressed without considering the canonicity of The Revolutionary, and so some adjustments have had to be made for that, too. Everything that follows is proceeding under the assumption that both ETs are canon to the Hitman timeline.
Based on the fact that this takes place at a refurbished Paris museum, and that Agent Smith mentions that he was rescued from Hokkaido, and that The Revolutionary was an ICA contract, this mission and Murilloās mission must therefore both take place after Situs Inversus, but before Shadows In The Water. There may not seem like much room to do so, but there are undiscussed stretches of time between the earlier missions of H2, up to the completion of Another Life, after which the timeline of events starts to become more clear. There are a couple of different possibilities available, and which one is best will come down to personal choice, and mostly dependent upon whether Diana was informing 47 about Ranganās brother at the casino in the context of him being related to a target they already eliminated, or just in the context of being related to a famous Bollywood director who is also a suspected mobster and pirate.
I think taking place between Hokkaido and Hawkeās Bay is too soon, mainly because 47 tells Diana after that a week ago Providence was the enemy. Itās possible The Banker mission could have happened in that time, but I donāt think a week is enough time for Smith to already be in place for another assignment of that sort that heās already so well-embedded in.
I personally place the Singapore sniper mission between Hawkeās Bay and Miami, assuming it to be an emergency contract due to its nature, and that there is still some time before the upcoming race in Miami is supposed to begin when it is mentioned in Hawkeās Bay, so I wouldnāt place it between these two either, although itās possible. Itās also more likely for Smith to be captured and locked in a shipping container in Singapore while trying to get back to Interpol after leaving Hokkaido, so his showing up then makes sense with the timeline.
After Miami, thereās an unspecified period of time where Providence works on identifying the Shadow Client, and ICA works on trying to figure out where heās going, and itās at this point that the connection to the Delgado Cartel is discovered. In this nebulous time, I think this is the most likely period to place the hit on LeChiffre. It gives Smith time to get in place, it gives 47 something to do while he waits for the next mission to deal with the Shadow Client, and it gives the museum all the time it needs to be remade up to host the casino event, including adding a working concrete fountain where a stage used to be. If we assume Ranganās brother is only being mentioned because of Ranganās being (in)famous and not an eliminated target, then this fits nice. Assuming having the general kill LeChiffre is the canon method, their conversation which reveals that the general is now broke because of LeChiffre and must now rely on his continental friends and return to the jungle, implies that this is when he heads back to Colombia for his own ET to take effect.
Since this period of time is undetermined, and there is no mention one way or the other of Murillo actually meeting or speaking with any of the cartel leaders, The Revolutionary could take place either before or after A Three-Headed Serpent. I personally would favor after, given these new events, but it could work either way. Letās say Murillo is taken out after Colombia but before Mumbai, or possibly after Mumbai but before 47 meets up with Grey in Romania.
If weāre going off of the idea that Ranganās brother is mentioned because 47 already killed Dawood, then this mission has to take place after Mumbai, but probably before the meeting in Romania, as thatās another unspecified period of time where everyone is looking for the Shadow Client. This would mean that The Revolutionary would have to take place after the meeting in Romania, but before the mission in Whittleton Creek, or during the period after Whittleton Creek but before Ambrose Island. The general mentioning his continental friends would likely mean the remnants of the cartel, some of whom he may still be in alliance with, rather than the Delgados themselves, who are dead now. This, combined with his loss of money from LeChiffre, would explain why heās reduced to broadcasting locally from a shack in his ET mission. Either way, it makes The Revolutionary one of the last contracts 47 ever does for ICA.
And there we have it: all the possible places this mission with LeChiffre and the mission with Murillo could fit into the timeline if both are considered canon. I take a small bowā¦
I really like that there are different options for obtaining the invitation or eliminating the target. However, if I were to nitpick, itās a shame that - as usual - the full potential of the possibilities hasnāt been fully utilized.