Titanium Alloy Frame
The unyielding metal heart of the machine hunter.
The metal endoskeleton is the frame of Skynet's T-800 Terminators. T-800 models have a muscular, male human exterior made up of living tissue covering a metal endoskeleton, which is actuated by a powerful network of hydraulic servomechanisms that provide superhuman strength. In the first film Kyle Reese describes it as "a hyperalloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled, fully armored, very tough".
Quick Facts
- Manufacturer
- Cyberdyne Systems; Skynet
- Primary model
- T-800 Series
Lore & Background
In The Terminator, a tank-truck explosion reduces the Terminator to its endoskeleton, which recovers and keeps pursuing Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese. Reese's last pipe bomb blows it apart, and Sarah crushes what remains in a hydraulic press.
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