Terminators
They do not sleep. They do not feel. They do not negotiate.
The T-600 series had artificial rubber skin and was easily spotted by the human resistance; the T-800 that followed was the first model capable of blending in with humans, and its CPU is an artificial neural network with the ability to learn and adapt. The best-known model, the T-800, has living human tissue over a metal endoskeleton so that it can pass as human. As Reese warns in the first film, a Terminator cannot be bargained or reasoned with and feels no pity, remorse or fear.
Lore & Background
With the exterior applied, the T-800 was the first Terminator model capable of blending in with humans; the living tissue includes flesh, skin, hair and blood, and the skin is prone to aging and injury-related deterioration.
Reader's Guide
Throughout the films, Skynet sends Terminators back in time to kill John Connor, the future resistance leader, or his relatives. In the sequels, armies of skinless T-800 endoskeletons serve Skynet as soldiers in the future war rather than as infiltrators. Infiltration units like the T-800 and T-1000 are deployed to travel back in time or operate within human society to locate targets before striking. Hunter-Killers, both ground tanks and aerial drones, appear in the films' future-war scenes. A Terminator can withstand normal 20th century firearms, although repeated shotgun blasts have enough force to knock it down and temporarily disable it.
Did You Know?
- In the first film, a Terminator travels back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor.
- The T-1000 of Terminator 2 falls into a vat of molten steel, where it melts and dissolves, and the T-1000 of Terminator Genisys is destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
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