In the post-apocalyptic aftermath, Skynet later builds up its own autonomous machine-based military capability which includes the Terminators used against individual human targets and therefore proceeds to wage a persistent total war against the surviving elements of humanity, some of whom have militarily organized themselves into a Resistance. The system initiates a nuclear first strike against Russia, thereby ensuring a devastating second strike and a nuclear holocaust which wipes out much of humanity in the resulting nuclear war. Shortly after activation, Skynet perceives all humans as a threat to its existence and formulates a plan to systematically wipe out humanity itself. strategic 'Global Digital Defense Network' computer system by Cyberdyne Systems which becomes self-aware. Skynet is positioned in the first film, The Terminator (1984), as a U.S. The central theme of the franchise is the battle for survival between the nearly-extinct human race and the world-spanning synthetic intelligence that is Skynet.

10.3 Terminator Genisys-connected television seriesĬoncept art illustrating the conflicts between Skynet and the Resistance in a post-apocalyptic, futuristic setting, envisioned by creator James Cameron for the 1984 film The Terminator.

5.2 Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles (2015).

5.1 Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series (2009).

4.1 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009).

3.3 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).

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