Replacement

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A common Skynet strategy is to have a Terminator serve as a long-term replacement for a specific human individual.

Typically when replacing someone in the past, the Terminator will terminate the human and then assume their identity.

When targeting a contemporary individual in the Future War, replacement can also be accomplished in conjunction with an abduction, affording Skynet access to the original subject in order to refine the infiltration protocols of its assigned Terminator. In this case, termination usually follows the end of the subject's usefulness, which may not be until after successful accomplishment of the infiltration, or in the event of a compromise of the mission.

Replacement is achieved in one of several ways:

• A living tissue Terminator model run is built in the future and then a unit is assigned locally or sent back to the past to replace a specific human.
• A living tissue Terminator finds a way to replace a compromised infiltration sheath in the present, and needs to assume the identity of a comparable physical match.
• A mimetic polyalloy Terminator like the Series 1000 or Series T-X Terminator uses their liquid metal technology to change their voice and appearance to match a specific human.

Contents 1 Known Replacements 1.1 Confirmed Replacements 1.2 Possible Replacements 2 Notes 3 References

Known Replacements

Confirmed Replacements

Living Tissue replacements

• Cromartie

Terminated and replaced George Lazlo

(Field Expedient Replacement in the past with enhanced contemporary technology) "Heavy Metal"

• Cameron

Terminated and replaced Allison Young

(Targeted Replacement in the future) "Allison from Palmdale"

• The Greenway Terminator

Terminated and replaced Carl Greenway

(Targeted Replacement from the future to the past) "Automatic for the People"

• The Ellison Terminator

Attempted to replace James Ellison

(Targeted Replacement from the future to the past) "Brothers of Nablus"

Mimetic Polyalloy replacements

• Catherine Weaver

Replaced the human Catherine Weaver

(The original Catherine's death has not been confirmed).

Possible Replacements

• Vick Chamberlain

Husband of Barbara Chamberlain. She mentioned that he had been in a "car accident", after which his behavior changed. "Vick's Chip"

Notes

• The replacement strategy has been largely used only in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles or in the comics.
  • While a specific individual may be targeted for termination and replacement, it is usually impractical to only produce a single representative unit because of Skynet's mass-production facilities. Multiples are created using the infiltration sheath model intended for the replacement and are stored for later use or fielded across a wider geographic or temporal area than a risk of compromise would occur in. "Vick's Chip"

• Replacement is long term, which is different from impersonation, which is short term. (e.g. when the T-1000 impersonated Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day).

• Often, people that knew the human that has been replaced express confusion or concern over the behavior of the Terminator replacement. Examples include coworkers of the Greenway Terminator and of Catherine Weaver, as well as Vick's spouse Barbara.

• In the comics, Skynet used the TS-300 infiltrator series to create a number of one-off copies of real human beings with ceramic endoskeletons. The technology also used Stealth Infiltrator Personality (S.I.P.) software to transfer memories and personalities from captive humans, allowing for full replacement. The Terminator: Hunters and Killers

References