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The timeline established by Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  • 1965[1]
    • Sarah J. Connor is born.
    • May, 1984
      • 01:52:00 A terminator, T-800 arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.[2]
      • 02:01:00 Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.[2]
    • Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the terminator, but dies himself.[2]
      • Some parts from the terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne facilities.[3]
    • February 28, 1985
      • John Connor is born with Kyle Reese as his father.[4]
      • Cyberdyne starts researching and developing of robot technology and from the parts of the terminator.[5]
    • 1994
      • Sarah was placed at a mental institution after trying to blow up a computer factory and telling about the soon to come, Judgment Day.[5]
      • John is taken care of by his new foster family Todd and Janelle Voight.[5]
    • June 7, 1995
      • John Connor and Katherine Brewster kissed in a friend's basement.
    • June 8, 1995
      • 03:14:00 The terminator T-800 arrives to protect John Connor.[6]
      • 04:58:00 The terminator T-1000 arrives to kill John Connor.[6]
      • The terminator T-800 succeeds in protecting John Connor, destroys the terminator T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.[5]
      • Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet.[5]
      • Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts and the terminator T-800.[5]
      • Sarah and John hide from the government.[7]
    • Unknown
      • Sarah collects weapons and trains John in the arts of warfare.

Continuity The timelines beneath are additions to the timeline above up to a specific source. Some are considered alternative timelines to each other.[8]

Note: The text marked with grey-color, are time traveling which already happened before in a previous timeline. When time eventually ends up to the point where Skynet and John are sending back the terminator and Kyle Reese again, it is not explained where they end up. Do they end up in a timeline where another terminator and Kyle Reese exist in 1984, or do they end up in a un-altered 1984? Another point is that whenever a timetravel is done, it starts over from the point in time when something arrives in that past, which means if the "grey" events are included, the events explained in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines about Katherine Brewster sending back a T-850 in 2032 would then not happen. The concept of time traveling are not explained very well in the Terminator franchise, weather or not the "gray" events are included in later timelines, so the event are displayed, but grayed out.


Timeline up to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

  • June 7, 1995
    • John Connor and Katherine Brewster kissed in a friend's basement, after which, from Katherine's perspective, he disappeared. She later becomes his wife and 2nd-in-command of the Resistance.[9]
    • June 8, 1995
      • 03:14:00 The terminator T-800 arrives to protect John Connor.[6]
      • 04:58:00 The terminator T-1000 arrives to kill John Connor.[6]
      • The terminator T-800 succeeds in protecting John Connor, destroys the terminator T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.[5]
      • Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet.[5]
      • Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts and the terminator T-800.[5]
      • Sarah and John hide from the government.[7]
    • Unknown
      • Sarah collects weapons and trains John in the arts of warfare.
    • Somewhere between August 29 - December 31, 1997
      • Sarah was able to live past the date of the presumed Judgment Day. She dies of leukemia.[7]
      • John continues to live a lonely life, off the grid. Undetected by Skynet.[7]
    • 2002
      • Kyle Reese is born.
    • 2003
    • July 24, 2004
      • A computer virus is unleashed and starts to break down all kinds of civilian and military communication networks.[10]
      • After being hurt in a motorbike accident, John and Katherine Brewster meet each other for the first time since their kiss in 1995.[7]
    • July 25, 2004
      • 17:18:00 Skynet becomes self aware.[7]
      • 18:18:00 First massive nuclear launch initiated.[7]
  • 2029
    • Skynet decides to send a terminator T-800 back in time to kill Sarah.[2]
    • John Connor decides to send back Kyle Reese, to protect Sarah.[2]
    • John Connor manages to reprogram a T-800 and decides to send it back to protect his younger self in 1995.[5]
    • Skynet decides to send a terminator T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor.[5]
    • July 4, 2032
        • John Connor is killed by a terminator T-850.[7]
  • 2032
    • Skynet sends back a terminator T-X to 2004 to try kill several members of the Resistance.[7]
    • October 28, 2033
      • Kathrine Brewster reprograms the terminator who killed John Connor and sends it back to 2004, before the Judgment day to protect the younger couple of herself and John Connor.[11]
The story continues in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines-timeline in 2004.

Timeline up to The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Timeline A

  • 1995
    • Derek Reese is born. [12]
  • 2002
    • Kyle Reese is born. [12]
    • Unknown
      • Skynet goes online and declares nuclear war.
      • John Connor becomes the leader of the Resistance.
    • Unknown (much later)
      • "The Engineer" is sent back to 1963 to build a TDE and an isotope weapon and store them within a bank vault.[13]

The story continues in Timeline B in 1963.

Timeline B

  • March 7, 1963 (or before December 31, 1963)
    • "The Engineer" arrives and builds a bank vault intended for storage of a TDE and a disassembled isotope weapon.[13]
  • 1995
    • Derek Reese is born. [12]
  • Unknown/before September 10 1999
    • "The Engineer" succesfully builds and stores a TDE within the bank vault.[13]
    • "The Engineer" succesfully builds and stores an isotope weapon within the bank vault.[13]
  • 2002
      • Kyle Reese is born. [12]
    • April 19, 2011
      • Skynet are activated and becomes self aware.[13]
    • April 21, 2011
      • 20:11:00 Skynet starts nuclear war.[13]
    • Unknown (before 2027)
      • "The Engineer" is sent back to 1963 to build a TDE and an energy weapon and store them within a bank vault.[13]
    • Unknown
      • Skynet sends a terminator T-888 (known as "Cromartie") back to 1999 to kill John Connor.[13]
  • 2027
    • The resistance sends a terminator (later known as Cameron Phillips) back to 1999 to protect John Connor.[13]
  • 2029
    • Skynet decides to send a terminator T-800 back in time to kill Sarah.[2]
    • John Connor decides to send back Kyle Reese, to protect Sarah.[2]
    • John Connor manages to reprogram a T-800 and decides to send it back to protect his younger self in 1995.[5]
    • Skynet decides to send a terminator T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor.[5]
    • The story continues in Timeline C in the Sarah Connor Chronicles-timeline in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ (1)"Skynet Database: Human Central Archive" Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: DVD Special Features (specifies year as 1965).
    (2) Toyfare issue 142, page 54, 55, June, 2009
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The Terminator
  3. ↑ The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  4. ↑ The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and in the Skynet Database menu section, on the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, DVD Special Feature
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Date and time stated by "Terminator Timeline", Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, DVD Special Feature
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  8. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Writer Josh Friedman fights the future for 'Terminator's' TV 'chronicles'". According to this article Sarah Connor Chronicles and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines are alternative story lines to each other.
  9. ↑ John Connor insinuate that, because of T2, he was avoided of meeting Robert Brewster which were involved in the creation of Skynet. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  10. ↑ The T-850 states the date and time of Skynet becoming self-aware, which eventually happen in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. It can be concluded it happened exact same way in this timeline. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  11. ↑ The date is displayed in the HUD of the T-850 when readjusting the internal clock.Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Sarah Connor Chronicles: "What He Beheld"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 Sarah Connor Chronicles: "Pilot"
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