Series 1000
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The Cyberdyne Systems Series 1000 Terminator— or simply T-1000 — was a terminator first produced by Skynet in 2029 [citation needed]. Unlike previous Infiltrator models that used living tissue over a metallic endoskeleton, the T-1000 was made of mimetic polyalloy, or "liquid metal" and could deform and take any shape it touched.
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Construction
The 1000 series was constructed deep within Skynet's main complex. [citation needed] Within a large heavily guarded room, the mimetic polyalloy was poured into a massive machine press that fills floor to ceiling. [citation needed] Feeder pipes emerging from the walls and centering on the press like a hub, poured the mimetic polyalloy between two 20-ton plates. [citation needed] These plates were then hydraulically pressed together and met, forming the indentation of a man. The mimetic polyalloy then filled this indentation and solidified, setting its default molecular structure. [citation needed]
Originally, theories on the nature of the T-1000's construction stated that the T-1000 utilized nano-technology in order to alter its physical appearance. [citation needed] This meant that the T-1000 was not merely one machine, but millions of microscopic machines linked together in a cohesion subroutine. However, the Resistance found that this was not the case. [citation needed] It was discovered that the T-1000 was constructed using a new technology developed by Skynet. Each molecule of the T-1000 was a primitive, miniaturized version of the total machine, and every molecule had programmed into it the blueprints for all the parts needed for the construction of the whole T-1000. [citation needed]
Physics
One of the fundamental prime directives of the T-1000 was, "recovery of essence"; as the more it lost, the less effective it became. [citation needed] Also, the default command in the mimetic polyalloy's molecular memory was to find the main mass and rejoin it. Each molecule had a range of 14 km. [citation needed] If a piece of mimetic polyalloy was out of range from the main body of superfluid, it could mimic something locally as camouflage (for example, a rock or a piece of pipe) until the T-1000 came back into range again and detected it. As this trait was encoded at a very basic level, it was this emergency camouflage programming that was normally exhibited when a T-1000 was critically damaged, showing itself as a malfunction or "glitch". A damaged T-1000 may have, for example, begun to "meld" into floor coverings or other objects that it was in physical contact with, against its own will, due to its particles undergoing this form of self preservation.
Advantage
The mimetic polyalloy construction of the T-1000 allowed it to replicate any object or person of similar volume that it molecularly sampled by physical contact. It appears that the T-1000 could use a medium to do this without actually touching the victim's skin. This may possibly have been through analysis of the subjects' electrical activity, reflective ability, refractive index or some other attribute, however this area still requires further research.
Shape
The T-1000 had a default humanoid shape, which it remained in for most of its active service. It is thought that this form was kept as it was more energy efficient than mimicking others and reduced the stress caused to its ability to molecularly expand when it mimicked more obese subjects. Due to the conservation of mass, when the T-1000 mimicked a human subject of greater volume than its default form, its density decreased. It therefore compensated for illogical mass constitutions for the subject it replicated. For example, the T-1000 may have had to step down more heavily to give the appearance of a greater mass.
Memory
It was originally believed that the T-1000 would have to know the position of every atom in the subject that it was replicating in order to mimic it exactly. This assumption led to the idea that the T-1000 must have a massive memory and storage capacity. [citation needed] However, later ideas suggested that it was not necessary for the T-1000 to know the position of every atom in its subject. It was not necessary, for example, for the T-1000 to replicate the human digestive system, organs, brain, skeleton or any other internal structure. As long as the T-1000 replicated the shape, tone, coloring, texture and composition of the outer surface of the subject that it was mimicking, the position of all internal atoms did not matter. The T-1000's internal structure could be any default composition; solid, liquid, alternating states of density or phase, or even hollow. In this the T-1000 would need far less memory and processing power than was originally thought. [citation needed]
The liquid memory capacity of the T-1000's molecular brain must still be immense, unless Skynet has created a new information compression system, or that the T-1000 is capable of performing parallel distributed processing—thought and memory—throughout its entire body. Information recording may be based upon the alteration of its electron spin. [citation needed]
Imitate voice
The T-1000 Series could lip read and was also able to synthesize the speech pattern of any human that it replicated. This did, however, require a sufficient sample of the subjects voice. The T-1000's auditory sensors could be situated anywhere upon its body, as every molecule of the T-1000 had the blueprints for all needed parts programmed into it. [citation needed]
Analyze environment
The T-1000 was also capable of registering its environment in a dozen subtle ways using its entire body, could directly read magnetically encoded plus-minus information [citation needed], and could run at a speed of at least 40 mph. Unlike the T-800, the T-1000 was not equipped with an internal chronometer as Skynet had deemed time irrelevant to this unit as it believed it could never be stopped, die, grow tired, etc. [citation needed]
Self-recovering
Due to its "liquid metal" construction, the T-1000 was capable of extensive regeneration, even being able to completely recover from a Pulse Rifle blast at point blank range to the head. Ballistic penetration could hydrostatically shock the T-1000, but only for a few seconds. The T-1000 was able to measure the velocity and angle of each hit and open itself up slightly to cushion the shock—it liquidized its molecular structure to allow bullets to pass through.
Separating the "parts" of a T-1000 was not enough to stop it from regenerating, as the individual pieces would seek each other out and re-form to become a complete, fully functional battle unit again. The Resistance believed that the mimetic polyalloy that the T-1000 was constructed from was more powerful (in terms of computing power and memory capacity) when connected together in large volumes, due to a "group consciousness". The smaller the volume of particles, the less intelligent each piece became. [citation needed] Combined, the T-1000 was incredibly capable; however, when in pieces, it merely tried to get back to the whole again.
Combat
The T-1000 was not issued with any weapons, but was capable of fashioning any solid metal form, such as knifes and stabbing weapons. The T-1000 could not, however, form any complex systems which may have had moving parts or chemicals, like guns or explosives. However, the T-1000 was capable of concealing and carrying weapons, such as guns, inside itself. In order to form a weapon from a limb, the T-1000 had to convert that particular section to a liquid metal state before reconfiguring it, while keeping the rest of its body in a solid metal state. To do this the T-1000 had to, the Resistance had hypothesized, be able to micro-manage its internal temperature at a molecular level. [citation needed]
Weakness
The T-1000's that had been met in battle were notoriously difficult to destroy, even seeming to some to be invincible. [citation needed] This highly resilient battle unit was able to withstand a wide variety of temperatures, ranging up to at least 300 degrees Celsius. Extremely low temperatures of about -196 degrees Celsius (such as those produced by Liquid Nitrogen) could cause damage to a T-1000, however they would not stop it. The T-1000 Series could, however, be destroyed. Temperatures in excess of 1535 degrees Celsius, such as those needed to smelt iron, could physically alter the bonding of the mimetic polyalloy. The molten iron (or any other element) could then mix with the elements of the alloy and physically alter its molecular structure, thus rendering it inoperative. Corrosives, such as concentrated Hydrochloric Acid were also known to damage T-1000's. [citation needed] The Resistance also hypothesized that when it hardened its structure to make weapons or enter combat, the T-1000's molecular structure became brittle. This then made it vulnerable to a concussive shock wave. [citation needed]
