May 29, 1867
The terminator is trapped underneath the rock. Calculating the time, he concludes that his mission has failed. "MISSION FAILURE" appears in front of his cybernetic eyes.
Now he waits for orders from Skynet. He calculates that he will shut down due to loss of power before he is able to link with Skynet.
February 27, 2017
Hector Zamora examines the central processing unit one more time. It is late at night, and most of the lab's staff had gone to sleep for the night. This is a very interesting find.
Zamora was once a software technician for Cyber Research Systems. He was on the team that created the Skynet Battlefield Management System. He managed to escape the CRS facility when Skynet took over.
The artificats he was examining were retrieved from an old mine in Tennessee that the National Guard had converted to a fortified base. The mine had not been in use for over one hundred fifty years, and so the soldiers were surprised to find remnants of electronic machines buried in there- including a steel skull.
The artifacts were brought to Crystal Peak, the headquarters for TechCom, the newly formed international command whose mission was to destroy Skynet's ability to wage war. One of thesde artificats was a metal skull. An external examination revealed that the skull was manufactured by Cyberdyne Systems, which did not exist when the mine was shuit down.
Zamora and his team were able to download the data from the memory core and they exzamined it. They examined it again and again.
When Zamora reported six days of tests results to the commanders of TechCom, all of them dismissed his claims except for General Connor.
The skull came from an 800 series terminator which apparently had not been invented yet. the data extracted indicates that the terminator was manufactured in Yuma Base in 2028- eleven years from now.
And the data files showed that it traveled from July 11, 2029 to April 14, 1863. It was sent on a mission to terminate a man named Luke Connor, and it failed its mission after it got trapped in a cave-in.
There were many files in the database concerning the American Civil War, such as the locations of military installations, the time and place of battles, the available weapons and equipment from that era.
Also included were copies of birth and death certificates which traced John Connor's ancestry back to Luke Connor of Carthage, Tennessee.
and of course, there is a page from a picture book of the Civil War, and it had a photograph. Luke Connor had been identified in the photograph.
So there is no doubt about it. Skynet will have access to time travel by the summer of 2029, if not sooner, and will send a terminator back in time to kill one of Connor's ancestors. Zamora takes another of the artifacts. It is a microprocessor which was found nearby, which was apparently the same model as that of the one in the terminator skull. However, it was damaged and will not function, while the microprocessor in the skull was still working. He examines it with a magnifying glass, takes notes. He then reads notes he took during his examination of the circuitry of the terminator skull.
He finds something unusual.
He uses the magnifying glass to check the damaged microprocessor and the microprocessor in the skull.
From his prior examinations with the remains of captured machines, he knows the microprocessors have their own unique ID number etched on the surface.
The damaged microprocessor and the microprocessor in the skull have the same ID number.
Zamora's brilliant mind works, examining the two chips. Then he comes to the conclusion.
This terminator is going to be repaired and rebuilt. And it will go back in time again, to ensure the failure of its past self.
"Too weird," whispers Zamora.
Story Notes
1. The Springfield Armory rifle-musket and the Colt Army revolver were firearms used by the U.S. military in 1863.
2. The Richmond Armory rifle-musket, the Enfield rifle, and the J.H. Dance and Brothers revolver were firearms used by the C.S. forces in 1863.
3. The Battle of Milton was an actual battle that took place on March 20, 1863 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. A reconnasaince force under Colonel Albert S. Hall; was trapped by cavalry under the command of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Morgan withdrew when he heard of Northern reinforcements coming to back up Hall. 4. The Battle of Franklin was another actual battle that took place on April 10, 1863. A reconnasaince force led by Major General Earl Van Dorn met enemy skirmishers near Franklin. The Confederate forces withdrew to Spring Hill.
The terminator is trapped underneath the rock. Calculating the time, he concludes that his mission has failed. "MISSION FAILURE" appears in front of his cybernetic eyes.
Now he waits for orders from Skynet. He calculates that he will shut down due to loss of power before he is able to link with Skynet.
February 27, 2017
Hector Zamora examines the central processing unit one more time. It is late at night, and most of the lab's staff had gone to sleep for the night. This is a very interesting find.
Zamora was once a software technician for Cyber Research Systems. He was on the team that created the Skynet Battlefield Management System. He managed to escape the CRS facility when Skynet took over.
The artificats he was examining were retrieved from an old mine in Tennessee that the National Guard had converted to a fortified base. The mine had not been in use for over one hundred fifty years, and so the soldiers were surprised to find remnants of electronic machines buried in there- including a steel skull.
The artifacts were brought to Crystal Peak, the headquarters for TechCom, the newly formed international command whose mission was to destroy Skynet's ability to wage war. One of thesde artificats was a metal skull. An external examination revealed that the skull was manufactured by Cyberdyne Systems, which did not exist when the mine was shuit down.
Zamora and his team were able to download the data from the memory core and they exzamined it. They examined it again and again.
When Zamora reported six days of tests results to the commanders of TechCom, all of them dismissed his claims except for General Connor.
The skull came from an 800 series terminator which apparently had not been invented yet. the data extracted indicates that the terminator was manufactured in Yuma Base in 2028- eleven years from now.
And the data files showed that it traveled from July 11, 2029 to April 14, 1863. It was sent on a mission to terminate a man named Luke Connor, and it failed its mission after it got trapped in a cave-in.
There were many files in the database concerning the American Civil War, such as the locations of military installations, the time and place of battles, the available weapons and equipment from that era.
Also included were copies of birth and death certificates which traced John Connor's ancestry back to Luke Connor of Carthage, Tennessee.
and of course, there is a page from a picture book of the Civil War, and it had a photograph. Luke Connor had been identified in the photograph.
So there is no doubt about it. Skynet will have access to time travel by the summer of 2029, if not sooner, and will send a terminator back in time to kill one of Connor's ancestors. Zamora takes another of the artifacts. It is a microprocessor which was found nearby, which was apparently the same model as that of the one in the terminator skull. However, it was damaged and will not function, while the microprocessor in the skull was still working. He examines it with a magnifying glass, takes notes. He then reads notes he took during his examination of the circuitry of the terminator skull.
He finds something unusual.
He uses the magnifying glass to check the damaged microprocessor and the microprocessor in the skull.
From his prior examinations with the remains of captured machines, he knows the microprocessors have their own unique ID number etched on the surface.
The damaged microprocessor and the microprocessor in the skull have the same ID number.
Zamora's brilliant mind works, examining the two chips. Then he comes to the conclusion.
This terminator is going to be repaired and rebuilt. And it will go back in time again, to ensure the failure of its past self.
"Too weird," whispers Zamora.
Story Notes
1. The Springfield Armory rifle-musket and the Colt Army revolver were firearms used by the U.S. military in 1863.
2. The Richmond Armory rifle-musket, the Enfield rifle, and the J.H. Dance and Brothers revolver were firearms used by the C.S. forces in 1863.
3. The Battle of Milton was an actual battle that took place on March 20, 1863 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. A reconnasaince force under Colonel Albert S. Hall; was trapped by cavalry under the command of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Morgan withdrew when he heard of Northern reinforcements coming to back up Hall. 4. The Battle of Franklin was another actual battle that took place on April 10, 1863. A reconnasaince force led by Major General Earl Van Dorn met enemy skirmishers near Franklin. The Confederate forces withdrew to Spring Hill.