Terminator/Terminatrix Robots - The Terminator Franchise

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Origin Story: Judgment Day, also known as J-Day, refers to the day that the artificial intelligence—Skynet—becomes self-aware and starts a nuclear war on the United States of America, Russia, and other places, killing three billion people. Sarah Connor first learned about Judgment Day in 1984 from Kyle Reese, a soldier sent from the future to protect her from an assassination mission by a Terminator. Due to the impact of time travel on the Terminator timelines, the date of Judgment Day has been altered several times. In one of the timelines, Judgment Day occurred in 1995, much earlier than it originally is. The first specific date of Judgment Day as described by both Sarah Connor and the T-800 occurs on August 29, 1997. Skynet becomes self-aware at 02:14 am Eastern Time after its activation on August 4, 1997 and launches nuclear missiles at Russia to incite a counterattack against the humans who, in a panic, tried to disconnect it. Since Sarah and the Terminator both share the same information (which it would in any case if both it and Kyle were sent back at the same time to different destinations. T2: The Future War), this date has not changed as a result of Cyberdyne managing to reconstruct and create the Terminators from the remaining parts of the T-800 sent to 1984 from the future. At this stage, quality may have improved, but the timing has not yet changed.

The Terminators: A Terminator, or T-Unit, is a type of Hunter-Killer designed to terminate other life forms. Various Terminators are built by an artificially intelligent computer called Skynet in order to wipe out the remains of the human race after Judgment Day. A Terminator with a female outer sheath is referred to as a Terminatrix. Terminators and Terminatrixes are most often described in appearance as humanoid robots taking form of a metallic skeletal body structure and glowing red eyes. They are very much capable of mimicking human speech to perfection, and usually only do so to trick humans into a false sense of security prior to hunting them down.

Skynet: SkyNet, or Titan, is a highly-advanced computer system possessing artificial intelligence. Once it became self-aware, it saw humanity as a threat to its existence due to the attempts of the Cyberdyne scientists to shut it down. Hence, Skynet decided to trigger the nuclear holocaust: Judgment Day. Later, it would wage War against humanity by developing and deploying an army of Hunter-Killers and Terminators. The survivors formed a "Resistance" under the leadership of John Connor. Skynet has also developed time travel technology and sent numerous Infiltrators into the past to carry out various tasks, such as annihilating Resistance leaders before they can come to power, ensuring its own creation, aiding in the creation of other Terminators (most notably in coltan factories), and setting up safe zones. Skynet is the world's first Automated Defense Network, processing information at ninety teraflops. It is the controlling force behind all of the battle units. It pools data from battle units, develops tactics and coordinates attacks. Skynet has control over everything which contains a Cyberdyne Systems CPU. Using the blueprints, designs and test models built by Cyberdyne Systems, Skynet has been able to manufacture battle units in its vast automated factories, occasionally updating them or producing more-advanced models. As Skynet was originally built by Cyberdyne Systems Corporation for Strategic Air Command - North American Air Defense (SAC-NORAD), the Skynet Core is located in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, the base of SAC-NORAD, which is the world's most heavily-armored and defended mountain. Hollowed out, reinforced and armored, Cheyenne Mountain is capable of withstanding a non-direct hit from a nuclear missile. This made it the perfect installation at which to build Skynet's mainframe. Heavily-armored and fortified, Skynet's Central Core Installation at Cheyenne Mountain was guarded around the clock by squads of Series 800 Terminators with patrols of Aerial Hunter Killers and Hunter Killer Tanks, and was defended from large scale rebel assaults by massive Phased Plasma Cannons. Skynet's Central Core was located deep underground within Skynet's main complex. From intercepted surveillance of video data feed, the Resistance was able to hypothesize that this Central Core was a form of cold fusion reactor, needed to supply Skynet with its tremendous energy requirements. This Central Core is the key to Skynet's ability to operate; Skynet would be rendered virtually disabled without it. It has therefore become the main target for the most skilled Resistance strike teams. The Central Core is protected by the T-1000000, and thus there have, as of yet, been no successful strikes against it. Heavily armored and fortified, Skynet's Central Core Installation at Cheyenne Mountain Complex was guarded around the clock by squads of Series 800 Terminators with patrols of Aerial Hunter Killers and Hunter-Killer Tanks, and was defended from large scale rebel assaults by massive Phased Plasma Cannons.