Rings of Bondage
Skynet's war against humanity had been in progress for four years.
Skynet was perusing the remaining USA databanks and paper files held at secure locations.
At Area 51 he discovers a strange metal ring in a storage container.
Intrigued Skynet discovers some documentation relating to this strange device and starts his own investigations.
While this investigation is progressing Skynet contemplates why the humans continue to resist his dominance.
It doesn't seem logical to Skynet so this too he allocated resources for further investigation.
By 2011 Skynet had come to the conclusion that humanity would continue to resist his dominance and will not stop until either humanity is victorious or he is.
To Skynet this is not logical yet Skynet knows that the humans are not logical and often act irrationally.
It was during this year that Skynet discovered how to operate the stargate.
It was a matter of trial and error once he had would out that the emblems on the stargate were actually stellar constellations.
On his ninetieth attempt Skynet successful manage to establish what he later determined to be a wormhole between the earth and another world.
Skynet operates the stargate again and this time sends a probe through the wormhole to the other world.
Skynet's probe indicates that the stargate on the other world is submerged in water and is lying on its side before the probe fails.
Skynet speculates that the probe failed as it was not designed for prolonged submersion in water.
After analysing the data Skynet decides to send an aquatic probe through the stargate the next day.
After a week of surveillance Skynet is pleased with the report he receives.
The stargate is lying on the bottom of a shallow ocean or sea but his probe did indicate that there was a sizable land mass not far from the Stargates position.
Skynet contemplates this revelation and determines that it is possible that the stargate on this world has fallen into the water by some sort of land slippage.
After a week of checking up on the probe, the data Skynet receives back is encouraging.
The Stargate is located on the bottom of a shallow ocean or sea yet the probe indicated that there is a sizable landmass nearby.
Skynet makes a decision, he will design a special submersible that not only has manipulator arms but also has caterpillar tracks so that it can also travel on land.
Skynet will instruct this unit to collect the stargate and place it upright on the landmass.
If this is successful the Skynet will send terminators through the stargate to explore this new world to see if it would be suitable to be used as an emergency base by Skynet.