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38. A Terminator will not make light of police brutality, since Terminators have been on the receiving end of a lot of police violence. Sure, it was utterly, utterly justified police violence, and they give as good as they get, but still.
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Point of order: the Terminators were never independently capable of time travel. They required large devices to travel through time, and once they arrived, they were stuck.Col. Crackpot wrote:41) If for some reason a Terminator's decision leads to unforseen negative consequences, said Terminator is capable of time travel and can ensure errro is negated.
Except in The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where a small (hand-held) time displacement device was planted in a bank vault. Doubtless a Terminator could be provided sufficient data to construct one, if necessary for mission success.Elheru Aran wrote:Point of order: the Terminators were never independently capable of time travel. They required large devices to travel through time, and once they arrived, they were stuck.Col. Crackpot wrote:41) If for some reason a Terminator's decision leads to unforseen negative consequences, said Terminator is capable of time travel and can ensure error is negated.
The T-800 arrives in 1984, finds a phone book, and kills the first two Sarah Connors by listing. It then goes to Sarah's apartment and, in a case of mistaken identity, kills her roommate Ginger. Then it hears Sarah leave a message on the answering machine and realizes that she is still alive. Systematic, but not absolutely certain. It did a better job with the first Sarah terminated: "Are you Sarah Connor?" "Yes." *bang!*Lagmonster wrote:19. When considering military strikes against individuals, a Terminator would always be absolutely certain of the target's identity.
Ah but what is the canonicity of T:TSCC? :vKhaat wrote:Except in The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where a small (hand-held) time displacement device was planted in a bank vault. Doubtless a Terminator could be provided sufficient data to construct one, if necessary for mission success.Elheru Aran wrote:Point of order: the Terminators were never independently capable of time travel. They required large devices to travel through time, and once they arrived, they were stuck.Col. Crackpot wrote:41) If for some reason a Terminator's decision leads to unforseen negative consequences, said Terminator is capable of time travel and can ensure error is negated.
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In Terminator Genisys the T-800 known as "Pops" successfully constructed a time travel device and used it to send two humans into the future. Another Terminator manged to construct another one. So yes, properly programmed Terminators are capable of building time machines.Khaat wrote:Except in The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where a small (hand-held) time displacement device was planted in a bank vault. Doubtless a Terminator could be provided sufficient data to construct one, if necessary for mission success.Elheru Aran wrote:Point of order: the Terminators were never independently capable of time travel. They required large devices to travel through time, and once they arrived, they were stuck.Col. Crackpot wrote:41) If for some reason a Terminator's decision leads to unforseen negative consequences, said Terminator is capable of time travel and can ensure error is negated.
49. A Terminator is thorough, and will not half-ass a mission and then declare victory without even knowing whether or not it met the objectives.Khaat wrote:The T-800 arrives in 1984, finds a phone book, and kills the first two Sarah Connors by listing. It then goes to Sarah's apartment and, in a case of mistaken identity, kills her roommate Ginger. Then it hears Sarah leave a message on the answering machine and realizes that she is still alive. Systematic, but not absolutely certain. It did a better job with the first Sarah terminated: "Are you Sarah Connor?" "Yes." *bang!*Lagmonster wrote:19. When considering military strikes against individuals, a Terminator would always be absolutely certain of the target's identity.