I would once again like to point at Ed for all of those actions. Even because, Janus is now on the council and won't be doing them any time soon.
Well the cloak and sublight is both Jumba stuff because GalFed.
I would also like to recruit Ed, just not sure how it fits into the short term timeline.
Timeline A
November - Recruit Red Feather
January - Recruit Diplo or Intrigue Unit
March - Recruit Intrigue or Diplo Unit
May - Recruit Motor Ed
July - Motor Ed does Exotic Vehicles
September - Buffer
November - Buffer
January - Janus builds black ops vehicle (Motor Ed helps?)
Timeline B
November - Recruit Red Feather
January - Recruit Diplo / Intrigue Unit
March - Recruit Motor Ed
May - Motor Ed does Exotic Vehicles
July - Janus builds black ops vehicle (Motor Ed helps?)
Issue with Timeline B:
Assumes every recruitment and action succeeds, no wiggle room if any fail. And the black ops needs to be formed before July so Janus can start on their vehicle. Also, people probably want to recruit a 2nd Diplo/Intrigue unit.
Timeline A seems pretty realistic for getting all of those actions done, and getting Motor Ed.
I see Motor Ed being a unit we have a chance of convincing people to recruit, especially to join a potential future "Chaotic Evil Scientists" heroball.