The TDE powering up within the bank vault in "Pilot"
There are many instances of future technology being used or built in the past.
Notable examples[]
- C890.L used an energy pistol, which was concealed within the body of Lieutenant Koufaks earlier before it was ripped out from his body. The Terminator: Tempest
- Ellis Ruggles assembled an Electro-Mech Fazer from a combination of contemporary components and critical future-tech elements that he carried internally through the Time Displacement Equipment in an unmentionably uncomfortable way. The Terminator: One Shot
- T-X used its own future weapons and technology in 2004, including its Nanotechnological Transjector to control cars. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- A disassembled isotope weapon was stored in a bank vault, which was later retrieved by Cameron for Sarah Connor to be used against Cromartie. Pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Catherine Weaver requested James Ellison to retrieve Cromartie's wreckage for her to install John Henry in the T-888 Endoskeleton. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- The Female Terminator suggested their presence —being future technology in the present-day 2003— could be not found out or their mission could be compromised, hence the self-termination was needed. Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle issue 9
- The Guardian and Sarah Connor built Time Displacement Equipment in 1980s with Guardian's knowledge regarding on the TDE. Terminator Genisys
- In order to ensure its creation in an alternate timeline, Skynet sent John Connor, now converted as a T-3000 and its henchman, to travel back to 2014 to aid Cyberdyne Systems staff Daniel Dyson with source code in order to ensure its alternate timeline counterpart's creation. With the know-how, Cyberdyne now re-initiated the Skynet Project under the new project known as "Genisys". In addition to Genisys, John Connor brought the know-how to built TDE and Mimetic polyalloy to Cyberdyne Systems. Terminator Genisys
- Grace Harper showed her ability to hack into a phone to Sarah Connor, telling her it is "future shit". Terminator: Dark Fate
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