TerminatorRP Compendium

['77 East]

Updated the current year to 2020, meaning the majority humanity resurfaced 5 years ago.

Imagine having a 2020 even more scuffed than last year.

Killer plague? Try killer robots.

 

[Subeh]

I'm open to make more media if need be just let me know what you require.

And @Jacksquare

whatever you guys wanna make trp-related, i'll use it as art for the thread; i don't have any particular ideas in mind at the moment but if u feel a creative spark and want to channel it toward trp, i'll take anything you make

if i come up with something ill steam one of u

 

[Subeh]

JUST UHHHHH

JUST DOIN SOME MORE RESEARCH FOR TRP BOYS

YEP

VERY CONCLUSIVE RESULTS HERE

 

[Deleted member 7099]

Torminator

 

[deathwolf]

 

[Isuckatgaming]

me sneaking down to the kitchen for a sandwich at 3 am

 

[Subeh]

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.

just finished terminator: resistance and holy god of all things godly and ungodly it is quite easily in my top 3 favourite games of all time, right up there with bioshock infinite and ac: black flag. good god.

i IMPLORE that if you havent played this game, you go and get it right now; seriously, please, for the love of god play this fucking game. it's textbook to the universe and pays so many respects to it.

i recorded the entire end battle;

Spoiler: Terminator: Resistance ending battle - SPOILERS

and holy fucking tits on a bull it was just AMAZING

i genuinely felt like i was back on TRP when tnb was still running it doing some fuck-off batshit crazy dave brown event or something like that and the music only made it more powerful, i had to turn my volume up for it

jesus h christ i did not expect that out of a supposed 'budget game'

 

[Subeh]

need opinions on this updated timeline, gonna re-write it

• 1997
  • Judgement Day
  • Large population of humans disappears into the underground to escape the fallout
  • Humanity tries to pick up the pieces to no real avail

• 1998
  • Humanity observes first SkyNET facilities being built, warded off by built-in defenses

• 1999
  • Early HK's appear; AERIAL's, early (now redundant) HK models
  • War begins, tens of thousands die by the week
  • HK-DRILLER's enter mass production for early resource gathering

• 2001
  • T-600 enter stage, tide of war turns
  • Official resistance organisations are established

• 2003
  • War is mostly fruitless, humans still using conventional weaponry
  • Majority of population interred in labour camps (before SkyNET becomes 100% self reliant) or experimentation laboratories
  • SkyNET begins to employ first plasma weaponry, mainly in HK's or facility defenses

• 2006
  • Populations from below begin to resurface, link up with existing survivors on the surface
  • Resistances once again formed

• 2007
  • Several coordinated attacks lead to thousands being freed from camps
  • T-700 enter stage

• 2008-2014
  • T-700 once again turns the tides of war
  • Resistance cells heavily fractured, most die off
  • SkyNET places heavy emphasis on new HK models (HK-200, HK-100, HK-70, etc.)
  • Automated facilities begin to crop up
  • Most terminator/hunter-killer models now equipped with some form of plasma

• 2014-2016
  • Whole regions begin to disappear thanks to SkyNET terraforming
  • Annihilation Line is formed, SkyNET gains massive ground

• 2017 (Current)
  • 800 series in production
  • Humanity begins reverse engineering plasma weaponry, still incredibly rare
  • Humanity on an extreme backfoot

@Powley

 

[Powley]

need opinions on this updated timeline, gonna re-write it

• 1997
  • Judgement Day
  • Large population of humans disappears into the underground to escape the fallout
  • Humanity tries to pick up the pieces to no real avail

• 1998
  • Humanity observes first SkyNET facilities being built, warded off by built-in defenses

• 1999
  • Early HK's appear; AERIAL's, early (now redundant) HK models
  • War begins, tens of thousands die by the week
  • HK-DRILLER's enter mass production for early resource gathering

• 2001
  • T-600 enter stage, tide of war turns
  • Official resistance organisations are established

• 2003
  • War is mostly fruitless, humans still using conventional weaponry
  • Majority of population interred in labour camps (before SkyNET becomes 100% self reliant) or experimentation laboratories
  • SkyNET begins to employ first plasma weaponry, mainly in HK's or facility defenses

• 2006
  • Populations from below begin to resurface, link up with existing survivors on the surface
  • Resistances once again formed

• 2007
  • Several coordinated attacks lead to thousands being freed from camps
  • T-700 enter stage

• 2008-2014
  • T-700 once again turns the tides of war
  • Resistance cells heavily fractured, most die off
  • SkyNET places heavy emphasis on new HK models (HK-200, HK-100, HK-70, etc.)
  • Automated facilities begin to crop up

• 2014-2016
  • Whole regions begin to disappear thanks to SkyNET resource gathering
  • Annihilation Line is formed, SkyNET gains massive ground

• 2017 (Current)
  • 800 series in production
  • Humanity begins reverse engineering plasma weaponry, still incredibly rare
  • Humanity on an extreme backfoot

@Powley

I very much like it

 

[Deleted member 4795]

need opinions on this updated timeline, gonna re-write it

• 1997
  • Judgement Day
  • Large population of humans disappears into the underground to escape the fallout
  • Humanity tries to pick up the pieces to no real avail

• 1998
  • Humanity observes first SkyNET facilities being built, warded off by built-in defenses

• 1999
  • Early HK's appear; AERIAL's, early (now redundant) HK models
  • War begins, tens of thousands die by the week
  • HK-DRILLER's enter mass production for early resource gathering

• 2001
  • T-600 enter stage, tide of war turns
  • Official resistance organisations are established

• 2003
  • War is mostly fruitless, humans still using conventional weaponry
  • Majority of population interred in labour camps (before SkyNET becomes 100% self reliant) or experimentation laboratories
  • SkyNET begins to employ first plasma weaponry, mainly in HK's or facility defenses

• 2006
  • Populations from below begin to resurface, link up with existing survivors on the surface
  • Resistances once again formed

• 2007
  • Several coordinated attacks lead to thousands being freed from camps
  • T-700 enter stage

• 2008-2014
  • T-700 once again turns the tides of war
  • Resistance cells heavily fractured, most die off
  • SkyNET places heavy emphasis on new HK models (HK-200, HK-100, HK-70, etc.)
  • Automated facilities begin to crop up

• 2014-2016
  • Whole regions begin to disappear thanks to SkyNET resource gathering
  • Annihilation Line is formed, SkyNET gains massive ground

• 2017 (Current)
  • 800 series in production
  • Humanity begins reverse engineering plasma weaponry, still incredibly rare
  • Humanity on an extreme backfoot

@Powley

Based AF.

 

[deathwolf]

i fucking need this in my life

 

[Subeh]

Most terminator/hunter-killer models now equipped with some form of plasma

added that to 2008-2014

 

[Deleted member 4795]

I know it's early but just for evaluation sakes maybe we could throw together a content pack to size up things like size and variety?

 

[Subeh]

I know it's early but just for evaluation sakes maybe we could throw together a content pack to size up things like size and variety?

not worth doing at this stage

maybe in the future

 

[Rabid]

Ngl the fact Alplands is a thing makes this a scarily feasible prospect, even if as an event series.

 

[Deleted member 4795]

Ngl the fact Alplands is a thing makes this a scarily feasible prospect, even if as an event series.

 

[Subeh]

Ngl the fact Alplands is a thing makes this a scarily feasible prospect, even if as an event series.

could see an event series being a prerequisite; a test, to see if it's feasible

 

[Subeh]

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Version 1.0.1.2

• Re-wrote the entry on the T-700 and the T-704. T-720 coming soon.
• Updated the T-600 entry to fit the future timeline.
• Added this art to the bottom, made by @Jacksquare.

The T-700 - ✔️

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Beginning mainstream production in mid-2007, having seen copious field testing (primarily on the Western front) in late 2006, the T-700 is the overall successor of the far less capable T-600 unit. Despite the T-600 now being completely outclassed and no longer in production, the number of fielded T-700 units is still only half that of the fielded T-600 series; reason being that the T-600 was far easier to produce. The T-700's sudden emergence en-masse occurred due to the several strikes on SkyNET labour camps in 2006 and 2007, which led to SkyNET pushing forward the T-700 program in an attempt to combat humanity earlier than first anticipated; as a result, the initial T-700 drones were fielded with several flaws that were exploited by humans, such as their patchy intelligence and inconsistent movement thanks to haphazardly designed structures. These issues were ironed out in mere months, with flawed drones having been scrapped and rebuilt.

The chassis of a T-700 is layered; within the chassis primarily sits hardened steel, not unlike the T-600's chassis - although, the mixture had been perfected by this point after data retrieved from thousands of T-600 encounters with human combatants wielding various types of weapons. This also means that the hardened steel inner chassis is also far more durable. On many of the T-700's appendages, spots on its torso and most of its head lays the first instance of hyperalloy ever recorded on field drones; while they had been noted within SkyNET facilities by this point, the T-700 was the first unit to ever employ any amount of hyperalloy at all. The hyperalloy within a T-700's chassis consisted of; most joints, layers on the forearms, thighs, shins, chest and head - at this point, SkyNET was unable to produce large quantities of hyperalloy and so it only utilised it on key areas of the drone. This proved to be insurmountably valuable, as T-700 fatalities were incredibly rare for the first few years of their deployment. In terms of specifics, the T-700 stands at 6 foot 8 and weighs 800lb; a massive difference to its predecessor.

With SkyNET now equipping most of its worth-while drones with plasma, the T-700's equipment varied greatly from its predecessor model; each T-700 is equipped with a standard SkyNET-manufactured 40-Watt plasma rifle, which - to this day - fairs incredibly well against almost all types of armour, making short work of the crude steel plates humans often utilise. The 40-Watt plasma rifle would become one of SkyNET's staple firearms and undoubtedly its most produced firearm. Alongside this, T-700's are equipped with leg-mounted 30-Watt secondary SMG's which can be unlatched in the event of their primary not being usable. Despite the emphasis on plasma, however, some T-700 were deployed with ballistic weaponry of a singular type; a minigun. Not just any minigun, though; SkyNET's purpose-manufactured 5.56 minigun, which it based heavily off of the M134. These miniguns are not fused to the drone's arm unlike the T-600's miniguns often are; instead, the drone wields it normally. This allows for the retrieval of a secondary, should the minigun be otherwise unusable. A T-700's CPU is encased in a hyperalloy compartment located in its skull, with no exposure to permit easy access without the correct tools; unlike the T-600, there is also no exposed wiring. This makes reprogramming quite irritating. A T-700's targeting system is a massive step up from the T-600, permitting it a large amount of data of the battlefield and awareness that morphs its predecessor in every way; hiding from a T-700 is surprisingly hard and only truly accomplished in very rare situations.

SkyNET's largest problem faced with the previous T-600 unit was that of movement; with the old model's tremendous curb weight and primitive joint design, it was unable to manoeuvre itself in any impressive way; this has been corrected, quite noticeably, with the T-700 model. Boasting far better joints than its predecessor, the T-700 is not only twice as fast but able to achieve far more in tactical situations, especially when it comes to utilising cover and being proficient in hand-to-hand combat. A T-700's method of combat isn't entirely unlike the T-600, however, as it still utilises the typical 'advance and kill' method of attack; that being said, the T-700 is far more capable of tact, allowing it to choose suitable cover before advancing and even taking different routes to flank a human combatant. While its tactics are usually fairly predictable in the eyes of a human, it's still a massive upgrade from the previous drone's 'walk forward, shoot until dead' mindset. The overall intelligence of a T-700 is also a large step up; capable of moderate speech - although still 'robotic' - many T-700's have been recorded ordering humans to surrender, asking their name, their birth date, their purpose and other interrogation-related inquiries. A T-700 is also the first ever SkyNET drone to employ moderate R/W (see: READ/WRITE below), having been the flagship model for testing of the new program; while incredibly barebones, the T-700 is capable of learning the opposition's own tactics should they be relatively rudimentary; while it certainly couldn't learn the tactics of a fully trained soldier in any rush, the average scavenger will have a hard time outsmarting this thing after a few minutes of fighting it.

T-700's are typically deployed in squadrons of a few or more, with T-600's as back up; although, much like the T-600, T-700's are also frequently deployed as singulars. T-700's may also issue close-link orders to individual T-600 units in combat, as T-600's are not inherently capable of any substantial tact. T-700's are very often utilised in the protecting of facilities as well.

To this day, humans have found no real exploits to combat T-700's; while their still-moderate intelligence may naturally be exploited in the field, the units' limited R/W has proven this method to be inconsistent and many warn others not to rely on it. Typically humans have simply resorted to 'shooting until its dead' type methods, which has proven to be an incredible drain on resources but an entirely necessary one. Otherwise; explosives have proven extremely useful against T-700's, as the connections between hyperalloy joints and their hardened steel connectors don't usually fair well against explosions.

The T-704 - ✔️

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Unlike the step-up between T-600 and T-610, the T-704 is actually quite a highly superior unit to its younger T-700 brother.

Produced solely for the purpose of reconnaissance, hit-and-run tactics, marksmanship and several-week-long missions, the T-704 was one of the first drones to be considered an utter Grim Reaper on the field. With their purpose in mind, it comes to no surprise that the T-704 is often seen in ruined skyscrapers or at a general long distance from its target; it's capable of firing on targets from as far as two miles away, in fact.

The chassis of a T-704, however, is far lesser than a T-700; featuring no hyperalloy whatsoever and only a lightened steel mixture, it is incredibly susceptible to even moderate ballistics fire. This strip-down occurred to make the drone far more light on its feet, only weighing in at an astonishingly low 550lb on average.

Equipment-wise, a T-704 is equipped with a rarely-seen 65W marksman rifle; a semi-automatic infantry-demolisher of a rifle, capable of ripping through any body-worn armour and even relatively thick walls that aren't made of pure metal. Alongside this, it has the standard 30W SMG as a sidearm.

A T-704's intelligence is where it truly shines; being the base for the future T-800's CPU, the T-704 has a CPU capable of incredible calculations in the face of its slightly older brother. In combat, a T-704 is able to learn its opponent incredibly quickly, only taking a few shots before it's able to begin predicting likelihoods and other statistics. This means that - once caught in an engagement with a T-704 - it's either you kill it, or it kills you; it's rare that there's ever a third option and for that reason, the T-704 is able to lock down entire areas purely by noting its presence to any would-be attackers.

Naturally, a T-704's targeting sensors are impeccable.

The T-600 is the first instance of a successful humanoid model that SkyNET chose to produce en-masse, having been the subject of experimentation as early as 2000, after SkyNET sought to begin its line of humanoid drones due to the increased human resistance. It wasn't until 2001 that the complete T-600 model was conceived and begun mass-production, meaning hundreds of thousands of units had already entered the battlefield before the majority of humanity resurfaced. As of 2016, however, the T-600 is no longer being manufactured as the T-700 became the dominant mass-production humanoid unit.

 

[Subeh]

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Version 1.0.1.3

• T-720 updated. 8xx series coming soon.
• New timeline added in its bullet-point state, pending a full addition.
• Spoiler tab added under the story section named 'PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF STORY'. Serves as stated.

The T-720 - ✔️

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With the 6xx series having its own 'heavy hitter', it's only befitting that the 7xx series does as well.

The T-720 is an expensive unit to produce (at least, for the 7xx series' level of worth) and so is far rarer than the baseline T-700 unit, but far more common than the T-704; this due to the complexity of the T-704's processing unit and the eventual phasing-out of the T-704 in favour of the devil-sent T-804 in the future.

While no smarter than its standard counterpart, the T-720 does share something in common with the 6xx series; walk, shoot, kill. Naturally yes, it does tend to utilise cover far more than the 6xx series does, it is built to take punishment and dish just as much punishment in the process. Reason being; unlike the limited use of hyperalloy on the baseline T-700 chassis, the T-720 is not only equipped with solid hyperalloy joints, but a hyperalloy coating over its entire chassis. While this coating is only thin and may not survive an utter abundance of punishment, it sets the variant apart from the standard T-700 quite considerably.

Atop this, the T-720 is equipped with SkyNET's first hand-held LMG; the 60W, high-RPM LMG produced (at the time) exclusively for this unit alone - marking it as the first unit to ever receive a weapon solely built for it. That is, until the 8xx series arrival. With this LMG it is capable of dishing thrice the punishment it receives, without question. The T-720 is also equipped with a 30W SMG sidearm.

Typically these units are deployed with the mindset of their destruction; meaning, they are purpose-built to charge head on and deal as much damage as they possibly can. This is only amplified when they are deployed with other humanoid drones.

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TERMINATOR RP setting;
the story so far.
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• 1997
  • Judgement Day
  • Large population of humans disappears into the underground to escape the fallout
  • Humanity tries to pick up the pieces to no real avail

• 1998
  • Humanity observes first SkyNET facilities being built, warded off by built-in defenses

• 1999
  • Early HK's appear; AERIAL's, early (now redundant) HK models
  • War begins, tens of thousands die by the week
  • HK-DRILLER's enter mass production for early resource gathering

• 2001
  • T-600 enter stage, tide of war turns
  • Official resistance organisations are established

• 2003
  • War is mostly fruitless, humans still using conventional weaponry
  • Majority of population interred in labour camps (before SkyNET becomes 100% self reliant) or experimentation laboratories
  • SkyNET begins to employ first plasma weaponry, mainly in HK's or facility defenses

• 2006
  • Populations from below begin to resurface, link up with existing survivors on the surface
  • Resistances once again formed

• 2007
  • Several coordinated attacks lead to thousands being freed from camps
  • T-700 enter stage

• 2008-2014
  • T-700 once again turns the tides of war
  • Resistance cells heavily fractured, most die off
  • SkyNET places heavy emphasis on new HK models (HK-200, HK-100, HK-70, etc.)
  • Automated facilities begin to crop up
  • Most terminator/hunter-killer models now equipped with some form of plasma

• 2014-2016
  • Whole regions begin to disappear thanks to SkyNET terraforming
  • Annihilation Line is formed, SkyNET gains massive ground

• 2017 (Current)
  • 800 series in production
  • Humanity begins reverse engineering plasma weaponry, still incredibly rare
  • Humanity on an extreme backfoot

 

['77 East]

It's noteworthy that humans cannot use SkyNET weapons due to their unique method of venting excess plasma; this venting plasma is known to latch onto human skin and cause it to melt on contact, making usage unviable unless the human utilising it is okay with dying afterward.

This all being said; slowly but surely, plasma weaponry is beginning to seep into the fold across the USA - primarily on the West Coast, but we're seeing more and more of it flock elsewhere as time goes on. Most plasma weaponry in the resistance consists of 'jury-rigs'; plasma weapons using ballistic weapons as a base, their receivers, magazines and various other pieces of the firearms replaced to instead house torn-out equipment from stolen SkyNET plasma weapons. They are typically unreliable, prone to extreme overheating and have even been known to blow up in the user's hands if not properly maintained.

I get a lot of this is to highlight how most humans are stuck with ballistics/stop people from RP'ing looting every dead terminator they see for their weapon, but wouldn't you think that people would just take the base guns anyway, pile enough on and jury-rig viable, functioning weapons with enough spare parts and time over using comparatively useless weapons like low caliber pistols?