Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Cybernetic Dawn

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Cybernetic Dawn is a four issue comic series also known as Present War. This comic is the first of two parts, which fills some of the gaps in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, between year 1997 and 2029. The last part is called Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Nuclear Twilight, also known as Future War. These two series are tied up in a fifth issue (Issue #0) containing two stories with a conclusion for each series. Cybernetic Dawn takes place in the present right after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day where Sarah and John Connor have to fight against three new terminators who are sent back to preserve the creation of Skynet. It was published by Malibu Comics in 1995/96.

Contents 1 Chronology 2 Characters 2.1 Mentioned 3 Terminator 2: Cybernetic Dawn (Present War) 3.1 Issue #1: Lost & Found 3.2 Issue #2: Search Mode 3.3 Issue #3: Judgment Impaired 3.4 Issue #4: Genesis & Revelations 3.5 Issue #0: No Fate 4 Note 5 Q&As

Chronology

Next: Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Nuclear Twilight

Characters

• Sarah Connor
• John Connor
• Danny 'Dan' Dyson
• Spasky
• Karyn Stern
• Detective David 'Dave'/'Badge' Mossberg
• Detective Weatherby
• Tarissa Dyson
• Blyth Dyson
• Dr. Silberman
• Voight

Mentioned

• Enrique Salceda
• Franco Salceda
• Kyle Reese
• Miles Dyson

Terminator 2: Cybernetic Dawn (Present War)

Issue #1: Lost & Found

The same evening Sarah and John Connor destroy the T-1000 and the T-800 in the steel mill^[1], they leave the city, seeking help and rest from Enrique Salceda in the city. They hope for a warm welcome, but find out he was killed by a "police man" (T-1000) who was asking about John Connor the other day. They are met by Enrique's son, Franco, and his family, who are the only ones left there. Franco is so angry at Sarah, that he accidentally shoots her in the arm. After a few days at Franco's, Sarah feels remorse for what she has done to Tarissa Dyson's husband and wants to go back and meet her. Meanwhile the two detectives, Weatherby and Mossberg, are investigating Sarah Connor's escape from Pescadera hospital, and the traces ends at the steel mill. They are met by Mr. Spasky from FBI and Karyn from NetWork Developments, which are currently keeping the area closed. Mossberg is able to keep Spasky and Karyn busy while Weatherby sneak inside. There he is able to see the torn-off arm from the T-800 before he is discovered and thrown out. Karyn later has a meeting with the investors of NetWork Developments, who are interested in Cyberdyne's research. She is interested to find an intact terminator, but knows that Sarah Connor could be a problem for them. Outside LA three terminators are arriving from the future, two T-800s and one T-1000 sent by Skynet.

Issue #2: Search Mode

Detectives Weatherby and Mossberg are having a meetings with Dr. Silberman, who just became a patient at Pescadero State Hospital himself. After meeting the T-800 (who rescued Sarah Connor), he was obviously starting to believe some of what Sarah always claimed. The recently arrived terminators (sent by Skynet) just arrived LA, beating up a gang to get weapons. Sarah and John Connor wait outside a building where Tarissa Dyson is interrogated by Mr. Spasky. Tarissa doesn't like Mr. Spasky asking over and over again about her husbands death, so she wants to get out of the building, unseen.

Issue #3: Judgment Impaired

Issue #4: Genesis & Revelations

Issue #0: No Fate

This tie-in issue contain two stories; one called No Fate with the conclusion of Cybernetic Dawn and the other with the conclusion of Nuclear Twilight called The Programming Of Fate.

The other part of this tie-in issue can be read at Nuclear Twilight.

Note

• The fifth issue is ordered #0 in the series and sometimes called Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Nuclear Twilight & Cybernetic Dawn because it contain two stories with a conclusion to each series. Those two conclusion are supposed to be read after the two series, even that it says Issue #0.

Q&As

• Q: If Skynet's mission was to preserve Skynet's creation in 1997, and had the T-1000/Karyn Stern looking for a intact T-800, why did they not use one of the two T-800 they sent back this time?
  • A: Partly answered. The mission of the three was to preserve Skynet's creation, however they also have a mission to kill John Connor which has a higher priority than the first one. Instead of preserving Skynet, the two T-800 went looking for John Connor.

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