Skynet Bytes Forward is a scenario for the The Terminator RPG written by Richard August. It is one of the fifteen curated scenarios included in The Terminator RPG Campaign Book.
Publisher Summary[]
An Original Concept Scenario.
This post-Judgment Day mission, circa 1980s, is designed for 3-6 players.
Mission Briefing: Skynet has a massive gap in its databases, lost during Judgment Day due to an over-reliance on centralized military systems. Skynet, with the aid of its time displacement technology, aims to correct this error by sending a pair of Terminators back on an intelligence-gathering mission. The PCs aim to stop them.
Plot summary[]
The PCs are unwinding in a Greek corner shop near their safehouse when the shop owner asks them to deal with a very rude telephone repairman outside who turns out to be a decaying T-700 Terminator. The PCs pursue the T-700's van but lose it. After investigating around the neighborhood, the PCs uncover that the T-700 has set up its base in nearby Cecil Apartments. Inside the Terminator's lair, they discover that the Terminator has been installing unusual devices in telephone poles and junction boxes and creating primitive T-R40s to search for targets. Ultimately, the PCs arrive at the location where Steganos, an AI shard sent from the future, is housed inside a dormant T-770. The AI has been downloading data from the NSFNET, a precursor to the Internet, to preserve for Skynet in the future. Skynet Bytes Forward