The beginning of an era.
The T-800 chassis will not only become the most used, varied and deadly chassis of SkyNET's arsenal, but will become the devil incarnate for all who oppose the machine. While still currently in late-production to this day, there has been several whispers among the resistances of the West coast - which has slowly made its way to all other corners of the country - that a 'new drone' has been seen among the masses, described as something 'fast, strong, unbelievably smart and beyond human prevention'. Much of this is hearsay, as it's widely believed SkyNET - while catastrophic in its own right - isn't nearly ready to begin producing units of that calibre. It goes hand-in-hand with the claims of several SkyNET facilities seeing upgrades to their defenses with seemingly no instigation, which is highly unlike the A.I. to do so suddenly. To this day there have been no direct sightings of the T-800 chassis, in any form, on the East Coast and the simple mention of a 'T-800' is sure to bring about the sarcasm of all those listening; all those who don't want to believe what they're hearing.
Unlike all the chassis' before it, the T-800 series is entirely composed of hyperalloy; hyperalloy isn't foreign to humanity given the 7xx series' partial use of it, but they widely assumed that SkyNET was being cautious in its use given the scarcity of it; the T-800 will disprove that theory. With it being made of solid hyperalloy, the T-800 is far lighter than its grandparent models; only 450lb. Alongside this a T-800's general frame is far more streamlined and aims to move away from the large, bulky, abhorrent design of the 6xx and 7xx series chassis; rather, the T-800 is sleek and only stands at a shockingly human-sized 6 foot 2 - in general, this unit bares the most striking resemblance to its human prey than any before it. One of the most noticeable upgrades about this unit is that SkyNET has made off with the old batteries that powered the previous units; instead, the T-800 features a nuclear power cell which can last for an estimated 120 years before needing any form of replacement - this can also be quite catastrophic, if the unit wishes for it to be.
The T-800's weapon layout is equally as unlike any before it; a wide variety of weapons may be afforded to such an extensively efficient and powerful unit, ranging from a standard 45W plasma rifle to a 60W LMG, as well as several options when it comes to sidearms - although most are given a pair of 30W SMG's which they can dual-wield to put down some dangerous high-speed fire on its targets. Rarely, a T-800 unit may be equipped with a two-handed plasma-repeater, although this is very circumstantial and often seen as wasteful in the hands of such a lightweight unit when it could be instead given to the more clunky, single-minded 7xx series. Every T-800 unit is equipped with its own HK-WIDOW unit which it may deploy in a multitude of situations; a custom-made HK-WIDOW at that, given its considerably smaller size and the lack of any kind of weapon - thus, it's primary use is scouting or identifying the locations of targets on behalf of the T-800 who deployed it.
Naturally, the T-800's movement has seen a considerable upgrade from the chassis' before it; fluid and fast, the T-800 can not only move almost like a human can but it can run at speeds not even pre-war record breakers could ever hope to achieve - specifically, a top-speed of 32.5mph, meaning there's zero chance anyone could ever hope to escape from it on foot; or even in a car, half the time. For the first time as well, a humanoid chassis' vertical movement was addressed; with all new hydraulics in the unit's legs, it is able to jump almost two and a half times its own height and can even manage a two-story jump if it doesn't mind grappling the rest of the way up.
In battle, a T-800 is unmatched; devilish, even. Capable of calculations dozens of times faster than any drone before it, a T-800 is most likely to have worked you out before you've worked it out; only the smartest of tactical minds could ever hope to do something that a T-800 hasn't thought you'd do - in terms of tact the T-800 is almost on par with military specialists, capable of coordinating its own ambushes on its own volition at any time, as well as directing lesser units - including many HK's - to assist it in whatever its plan is. The T-800 is also the first drone capable of retreat; if it concludes that its enemies are about to destroy it, it will - without a lick of hesitance - retreat, sometimes to gain an advantage and sometimes fully. With all of this tactical prowess it isn't surprising to hear that a T-800 is installed with baseline human psychology programs; while they certainly aren't flawless by any means, a T-800 could engage in interrogative conversation with a captive if it needed to and is not bound to pre-set inquiries like the 7xx and 6xx series' are. Speech can be frequently utilised in battle as well, if it feels its foe may succumb to verbal downplaying. All this said, it also goes without saying that the T-800 has an R/W program unlike any other, capable of reading information astonishingly fast in comparison to its predecessor units and is trusted to re-write its existing code in far more capacity than any before it as well; meaning, 8xx drones that see extensive deployment without destruction only become more and more intelligent, cataloguing human interactions - both combative and otherwise - in what can only be described as the ability to learn at an advanced rate.
T-800's are typically deployed in the field alone, as singulars or pairs with smaller patrols, or in squadrons of their own which often proves the deadliest. With their enhanced tact, any drone below it will undoubtedly see custom orders routed from the present T-800 during combat meaning that not only is the T-800 itself dangerous, but it is capable of making lesser drones around it more dangerous than they originally were.
The 8xx series will go on to become SkyNET's flagship chassis and will see the most varieties out of all others. It is, by all means, the beginning of the end for humanity.
The beginning of an era.
