HK-Aerial
Silent in the sky, death descends from above.
Hunter-Killers, or HKs, are Skynet machines without a human appearance that appear in the future war segments of the Terminator film series. Two types exist: ground-based tanks and aerial drones. The HK-Aerial is the flying type.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- Skynet
- Role
- Autonomous Aerial Hunter-Killer; Reconnaissance Drone
Lore & Background
In Terminator Salvation, set in 2018, HK-Aerials survey the skies together with Transports and Aerostats, which are smaller versions of the Hunter Killer-aerials. In that film an HK tracks down the submarine headquarters of the Resistance and destroys it, killing Resistance Command.
Reader's Guide
Terminator Genisys shows aerial HKs dropping four-legged Spider Tanks. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the T-X takes control of weaponized HK drones at Cyber Research Systems, and in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles the company Kaliba is responsible for constructing the Hunter-Killer prototype.
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