The E0656.T, a Terminator Series 660 Model 090 Version 6.5 known as "Rubberface" by the media of the 1980s, was one of Skynet's earliest time-displaced Terminators.[1]
History[]
Skynet sent E0656.T back in time inside the carcass of a dead grizzly bear, arriving in the early 80s. It emerged beneath a bridge in a major American city, shed the bear carcass, stole clothes from a homeless man, and made it into the night. E0656.T eventually killed a man who owned a scrapyard complex outside the city and turned it into its base, killing every one of his contacts that came looking for him.[1]
E0656.T had been assigned simple, low-risk missions by Skynet and had several years to complete them. Despite Skynet's doubts about time travel's feasibility, it still gave E0656.T a list of targets, including government regulators, whistleblowers, and future Resistance fighters whose disappearance would benefit Skynet. To carry out its mission, E0656.T became a serial killer known as "Rubberface" by the media. It chose to strike annually on October 31st, blending in with the Halloween crowds, its emotionless rubber face passing as a Halloween mask. Despite surviving an explosion and being shot by law enforcement on two separate occasions, E0656.T was never caught or identified.[1]
On one Halloween, E0656.T used an experimental time distortion tracker installed inside it by Skynet to follow a team of arriving Time Displacement Commandos. After a confrontation with the commandos in a Halloween shop, E0656.T retreated to avoid compromising its mission. He caught up to them again in a storage facility, where it killed their ally Mac Hannah and forced the Resistance agents to make their escape. As Halloween night approached, E0656.T prepared to kill its current target, Jack Stephens, and face a final encounter with the Resistance soldiers.[1]
Personality[]
E0656.T was damaged and its software had been corrupted. Its prime directive was infiltration, not termination, and it had been given years to complete its mission. To do so, it would need to be cautious, favoring tact and stealth over brute force. However, when its CPU got scrambled in transit, it became entirely unpredictable. Approaching self-awareness, E0656.T kills not because of Skynet's orders, but because it wants to. The damaged Terminator adorned his lair with human skulls and bones, either emulating Halloween decorations or creating a representation of the hellish future he came from.[1]