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The Terminator - timeline
The first T-800 Terminator arrives from the future to kill Sarah Conner; Kyle Reese follows him to help Sarah.
February: Future saviour John Connor born.
Monday 4th August: Skynet goes online.
Friday 29th August: Skynet becomes self-aware, and destroys human civilisation.
Kyle Reese joins the human resistance.
In the time of major war, Reese is sent back in time to help save the humans from the machines.
The Terminator is sent from the future to prevent the birth of John Connor
T-850 sent back to 1997.