Terminator Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
Terminator Wiki
Terminator Wiki
1,797
pages
in: Citations needed, Novel Timelines, T2 Trilogy

Changes: T2 Trilogy timeline

Back to page
Edit
No edit summary
No edit summary
(39 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''T2 Trilogy'' timeline}}
⚫
==The timeline established by [[T2: Infiltrator]]==
  
  +
{{disambig3|T2 Saga timeline}}
  +
The '''''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' timeline''' follows [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline|''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' timeline]] and leads to the events in ''[[T2 Trilogy]]''. It is created by the [[Termination of Skynet (2nd attempt)|destruction of the Cyberdyne Building]].
   
  ⚫
==The timeline established by ''T2: Infiltrator''==
−
* ''The story continued from [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day (timeline)|Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]-timeline in 1995.''
 +
:''The story continued from [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline|''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' timeline]] in 1995.''
 
''This timeline collects all the events from the [[S.M. Stirling]] novel trilogy begun in [[T2: Infiltrator]], continued in [[T2: Rising Storm]], and concluded in [[T2: The Future War]].''
  
''This timeline collects all the events from the [[S.M. Stirling]] novel trilogy begun in [[T2: Infiltrator]], continued in [[T2: Rising Storm]], and concluded in [[T2: The Future War]].''
   
−
*'''1959''' or '''1965'''
 +
*'''November 13, 1965'''
  +
**Sarah J. Connor is born.<ref>Note that according to the T3:DVD special features, a {{T2}} dialog reference, and a {{101}} on screen reference, she was actually born in late [[1965]].
−
**Sarah J. Connor is born.{{cite}}
  
  +
* According to a coffin in a mausoleum [[Sarah Connor]] was born in [[1959]]. {{T3}}</ref>
 
*'''1981'''
  
*'''1981'''
 
**Dennis Reese is born
  
**Dennis Reese is born
 
*'''May, 1984'''
 
*'''May, 1984'''
−
**'''01:52:00''' A terminator, T-800 arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.<ref>''[[The Terminator]]''</ref>
 +
**'''01:52:00''' A [[T-800 (The Terminator)|T-800]] arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.<ref name="T1">{{T1}}</ref>
−
**'''02:01:00''' Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.<ref>''[[The Terminator]]''</ref>
 +
**'''02:01:00''' Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.<ref name="T1" />
−
**Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the terminator, but dies himself.<ref>''[[The Terminator]]''</ref>
 +
**Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the terminator but dies himself.<ref name="T1" />
−
**Some parts from the terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne facilities.<ref>''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**Some parts from the terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne facilities.<ref name="T1T2">{{T1}}, {{T2}}</ref>
 
*'''February 28, 1985'''
  
*'''February 28, 1985'''
−
**John Connor is born with Kyle Reese as his father.<ref>''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' and in the ''Skynet Database'' menu section, on the ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]], DVD Special Feature''</ref>
 +
**John Connor is born with Kyle Reese as his father.<ref>{{T1}}, {{T2}} and in the ''Skynet Database'' menu section, on the {{T3}}, ''DVD Special Feature''</ref>
−
**Cyberdyne starts researching and developing of robot technology and from the parts of the terminator.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**Cyberdyne starts researching and developing robot technology from the parts of the terminator.<ref name="T2">{{T2}}</ref>
−
**Sarah was placed at a mental institution after trying to blow up a computer factory and telling about the soon to come, Judgment Day.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**Sarah was placed in a mental institution after trying to blow up a computer factory and telling about the soon to come, Judgment Day.<ref name="T2" />
−
**John are taking care of by the foster family Todd and Janelle Voight.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**John is taken care of by foster family Todd and Janelle Voight.<ref name="T2" />
 
*'''June 8, 1995'''
  
*'''June 8, 1995'''
−
**'''03:14:00''' The terminator T-800 arrives to protect John Connor.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''. Date and time stated by ''"Terminator Timeline"'', ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]], DVD Special Feature''</ref>
 +
**'''03:14:00''' A [[T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)|T-800]] arrives to protect John Connor.<ref name="T2T3DVDTTF">{{T2}}. Date and time stated by ''"Terminator Timeline"'', {{T3}}, ''DVD Special Feature''</ref>
−
**'''04:58:00''' The terminator [[T-1000]] arrives to kill John Connor.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''. Date and time stated by ''"Terminator Timeline"'', ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]], DVD Special Feature''</ref>
 +
**'''04:58:00''' A [[T-1000 (character)|T-1000]] arrives to kill John Connor.<ref name="T2T3DVDTTF" />
−
**The terminator T-800 succeeds to protect John Connor, destroys the terminator T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**The T-800 succeeds in protecting John Connor, destroying the terminator T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.<ref name="T2" />
−
**Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet.<ref name="T2" />
−
**Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts and the terminator T-800.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''</ref>
 +
**Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts of the first T-800.<ref name="T2" />
−
**Sarah and John hide from the government in Paraguay.<ref>''[[T2: Infiltrator]]''</ref>
 +
**Sarah and John hide from the government in Paraguay.<ref name="T2In">''[[T2: Infiltrator]]''</ref>
−
**Sarah collects weapons and train John in warfare.{{cite}}
 +
**Sarah collects weapons and trains John in warfare.{{cite}}
 
===''Present day events of [[T2: Infiltrator]] commence''===
  
===''Present day events of [[T2: Infiltrator]] commence''===
 
*'''2001'''
  
*'''2001'''
−
**The [[I-950]] Serena Burns arrives from the future and infiltrates Cyberdyne.<ref>''[[T2: Infiltrator]]''</ref>
 +
**The [[I-950]] Serena Burns arrives from the future and infiltrates Cyberdyne.<ref name="T2In" />
 
**John and Sarah Connor encounter [[Dieter von Rossbach]] in Paraguay.
  
**John and Sarah Connor encounter [[Dieter von Rossbach]] in Paraguay.
−
**Serena Burns begins creating [[Series 800]] terminators in the present.<ref>''[[T2: Infiltrator]]''</ref>
 +
**Serena Burns begins creating [[Series 800]] terminators in the present using a [[Secret Terminator Lab]].<ref name="T2In" />
 
**Serena Burns directs [[Two]] to secure suitable surrogates and establishes an Infiltrator creche in a remote Montana cabin.
  
**Serena Burns directs [[Two]] to secure suitable surrogates and establishes an Infiltrator creche in a remote Montana cabin.
 
**[[Clea Bennet]] and [[Alissa]] are created via the I-950 parthenogenesis protocol.
  
**[[Clea Bennet]] and [[Alissa]] are created via the I-950 parthenogenesis protocol.
  +
 
===''Present day events of [[T2: Rising Storm]] commence''===
  
===''Present day events of [[T2: Rising Storm]] commence''===
−
*'''2002'''
 +
* ''' December, 2002'''
−
**Skynet achieves sentience at the hands of John Connor, [[Wendy Dorset]], and Clea Bennet.
 +
** Skynet achieves sentience at the hands of John Connor, [[Wendy Dorset]], and Clea Bennet.
−
**Clea Bennet is terminated by John Connor and Dieter von Rossbach
 +
** Clea Bennet is terminated by John Connor and Dieter von Rossbach
  +
 
===''Present day events of [[T2: The Future War]] commence''===
  
===''Present day events of [[T2: The Future War]] commence''===
 
*'''2003'''
  
*'''2003'''
−
**Skynet begins installing remote interfaces in all machines being producesd or upgraded in automated factories and begins manufacturing its mechanical armies.
 +
**Skynet begins installing remote interfaces in all machines being produced or upgraded in automated factories and begins manufacturing its mechanical armies.
 
*'''2005'''
  
*'''2005'''
 
**[[Judgment Day]]
  
**[[Judgment Day]]
 
**Skynet begins a 2-month long rash of increasingly brutal killings, utilizing vehicles built in automated factories to cause horrific accidents.
  
**Skynet begins a 2-month long rash of increasingly brutal killings, utilizing vehicles built in automated factories to cause horrific accidents.
 
**The Connors identify the signs of Skynet's attack as the harbinger of the coming apocalypse. They deliver a final warning to all who may listen to flee to the wilderness and prepare for the attack.
  
**The Connors identify the signs of Skynet's attack as the harbinger of the coming apocalypse. They deliver a final warning to all who may listen to flee to the wilderness and prepare for the attack.
−
**En-masse uprisings of machines created in automated factories adn systems under Skynet's control herd humans into cities for easier targeting.
 +
**En-masse uprisings of machines created in automated factories and systems under Skynet's control herd humans into cities for easier targeting.
 
**Defense Computers deliver initial nuclear strikes worldwide from the limited post-cold war arsenals.
  
**Defense Computers deliver initial nuclear strikes worldwide from the limited post-cold war arsenals.
 
**Full scale production of Terminators and HKs begin as automated factories are retrofitted
  
**Full scale production of Terminators and HKs begin as automated factories are retrofitted
−
**Luddite sympathisers infiltrating and operating under the guise of the Army and National Guard begin herding survivors into concentration camps for orderly extermination with controlled viral outbreaks.
 +
**Luddite sympathizers infiltrating and operating under the guise of the Army and National Guard begin herding survivors into concentration camps for orderly extermination with controlled viral outbreaks.
 
*'''2006'''
  
*'''2006'''
 
**Sarah Connor convinces Captain [[Thaddeus Chu]] to join the Resistance with his ship, the Ohio Class Nuclear Submarine [[USS Roosevelt]] and crew, including 100 Navy SEALS.
  
**Sarah Connor convinces Captain [[Thaddeus Chu]] to join the Resistance with his ship, the Ohio Class Nuclear Submarine [[USS Roosevelt]] and crew, including 100 Navy SEALS.
Line 61: Line 67:
 
**Earth suffers a nuclear winter
  
**Earth suffers a nuclear winter
 
*'''2021'''
  
*'''2021'''
−
**[[Lisa Weinbaum]] is captured by Skynet adn incorporated into the [[I-950]] development program
 +
**[[Lisa Weinbaum]] is captured by Skynet and incorporated into the [[I-950]] development program
 
**The Serena Burns unit is born in a Skynet [[Infiltrator]] Creche
  
**The Serena Burns unit is born in a Skynet [[Infiltrator]] Creche
 
*'''2023'''
  
*'''2023'''
−
**Kyle Reese (age 17) begins serving in the field for the Resistance alonside his childhood buddy, [[Jesse]]
 +
**Kyle Reese (age 17) begins serving in the field for the Resistance alongside his childhood buddy, [[Jesse]]
 
*'''2025'''
  
*'''2025'''
−
**The Serena Burns unit undergoes growth accelleration and begins stage 2 development and training with the body of pre-teen.
 +
**The Serena Burns unit undergoes growth acceleration and begins stage 2 development and training with the body of pre-teen.
 
**John Connor gives the Picture of Sarah Connor to Sgt. Kyle Reese (age 19)
  
**John Connor gives the Picture of Sarah Connor to Sgt. Kyle Reese (age 19)
 
*'''2028'''
  
*'''2028'''
−
**The Serena Burns unit undergoes final growth accelleration and all cybernetic implants and network capability are brought fully online.
 +
**The Serena Burns unit undergoes final growth acceleration and all cybernetic implants and network capability are brought fully online.
 
**Serena is equipped with an internal explosive device and assigned to infiltrate the [[Resistance]].
  
**Serena is equipped with an internal explosive device and assigned to infiltrate the [[Resistance]].
 
*'''2029'''
  
*'''2029'''
−
**Serena's asassination mission is revoked and she is reassigned to a temporal operation with the objective of ensuring the genesis of Skynet.
 +
**Serena's assassination mission is revoked and she is reassigned to a temporal operation with the objective of ensuring the genesis of Skynet.
 
**John Connor (age 42) leads an assault on a contested Skynet stronghold conducting temporal experiments in the Los Angeles basin for '''Operation Chrono'''
  
**John Connor (age 42) leads an assault on a contested Skynet stronghold conducting temporal experiments in the Los Angeles basin for '''Operation Chrono'''
−
**Skynet sends a terminator T-800 back in time to kill Sarah.<ref>''[[The Terminator]] [[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
 +
**Skynet sends a terminator T-800 back in time to kill Sarah.<ref name="T1T2FW">{{T1}}, ''[[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
−
**Skynet sends a terminator T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]] [[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
 +
**Skynet sends a terminator T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor.<ref name="T2T2FW">{{T2}}, ''[[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
 
**Skynet sends the Serena Burns unit back in time to insure its Genesis.<ref>''[[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
  
**Skynet sends the Serena Burns unit back in time to insure its Genesis.<ref>''[[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
−
**John Connor asks for a volunteer and sends back Kyle Reese (age 23), to protect Sarah.<ref>''[[The Terminator]]''</ref>
 +
**John Connor asks for a volunteer and sends back Kyle Reese (age 23), to protect Sarah.<ref name="T1T2FW" />
−
**John Connor orders [[Snog]] to reprogram a captured T-800 to send back to protect his younger self in 1995.<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]] [[T2: The Future War]]''</ref>
 +
**John Connor orders [[Snog]] to reprogram a captured T-800 to send back to protect his younger self in 1995.<ref name="T2T2FW" />
  +
** [[Sarah Connor]] is still alive at this time, aged 64.
−  
−
===Continuity===
  
   
 
==References==
  
==References==
 
<references/>
  
<references/>
   
  +
{{Timelines}}
−
[[Category: timelines]]
  
−
[[Category: Novel Timelines]]
 +
[[Category:Novel Timelines]]
−
[[Category:Out-universe articles|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 +
[[Category:T2 Trilogy]]

Revision as of 19:43, 31 March 2020

The name or term "T2 Trilogy timeline" should not be confused with T2 Saga timeline.

The Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline follows Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline and leads to the events in T2 Trilogy. It is created by the destruction of the Cyberdyne Building.

The timeline established by T2: Infiltrator

The story continued from Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline in 1995.

This timeline collects all the events from the S.M. Stirling novel trilogy begun in T2: Infiltrator, continued in T2: Rising Storm, and concluded in T2: The Future War.

  • November 13, 1965
    • Sarah J. Connor is born.[1]
  • 1981
    • Dennis Reese is born
  • May, 1984
    • 01:52:00 A T-800 arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.[2]
    • 02:01:00 Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.[2]
    • Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the terminator but dies himself.[2]
    • Some parts from the terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne facilities.[3]
  • February 28, 1985
    • John Connor is born with Kyle Reese as his father.[4]
    • Cyberdyne starts researching and developing robot technology from the parts of the terminator.[5]
    • Sarah was placed in a mental institution after trying to blow up a computer factory and telling about the soon to come, Judgment Day.[5]
    • John is taken care of by foster family Todd and Janelle Voight.[5]
  • June 8, 1995
    • 03:14:00 A T-800 arrives to protect John Connor.[6]
    • 04:58:00 A T-1000 arrives to kill John Connor.[6]
    • The T-800 succeeds in protecting John Connor, destroying the terminator T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.[5]
    • Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet.[5]
    • Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts of the first T-800.[5]
    • Sarah and John hide from the government in Paraguay.[7]
    • Sarah collects weapons and trains John in warfare.[citation needed]

Present day events of T2: Infiltrator commence

  • 2001
    • The I-950 Serena Burns arrives from the future and infiltrates Cyberdyne.[7]
    • John and Sarah Connor encounter Dieter von Rossbach in Paraguay.
    • Serena Burns begins creating Series 800 terminators in the present using a Secret Terminator Lab.[7]
    • Serena Burns directs Two to secure suitable surrogates and establishes an Infiltrator creche in a remote Montana cabin.
    • Clea Bennet and Alissa are created via the I-950 parthenogenesis protocol.

Present day events of T2: Rising Storm commence

  • December, 2002
    • Skynet achieves sentience at the hands of John Connor, Wendy Dorset, and Clea Bennet.
    • Clea Bennet is terminated by John Connor and Dieter von Rossbach

Present day events of T2: The Future War commence

  • 2003
    • Skynet begins installing remote interfaces in all machines being produced or upgraded in automated factories and begins manufacturing its mechanical armies.
  • 2005
    • Judgment Day
    • Skynet begins a 2-month long rash of increasingly brutal killings, utilizing vehicles built in automated factories to cause horrific accidents.
    • The Connors identify the signs of Skynet's attack as the harbinger of the coming apocalypse. They deliver a final warning to all who may listen to flee to the wilderness and prepare for the attack.
    • En-masse uprisings of machines created in automated factories and systems under Skynet's control herd humans into cities for easier targeting.
    • Defense Computers deliver initial nuclear strikes worldwide from the limited post-cold war arsenals.
    • Full scale production of Terminators and HKs begin as automated factories are retrofitted
    • Luddite sympathizers infiltrating and operating under the guise of the Army and National Guard begin herding survivors into concentration camps for orderly extermination with controlled viral outbreaks.
  • 2006
    • Sarah Connor convinces Captain Thaddeus Chu to join the Resistance with his ship, the Ohio Class Nuclear Submarine USS Roosevelt and crew, including 100 Navy SEALS.
    • Dennis Reese marries Mary Shea, Kyle Reese is born later that year.
    • John Connor (age 21) identifies Dennis Reese (age 25), commander of the Ozark Redoubt as his grandfather when reviewing reports from resistance cells.
  • 2013
    • Kyle Reese (age 7) and Mary Shea are captured by Luddite Patrol A-36 under the command of Sam Marshall AS-783490 and delivered to a Death camp to serve as slaves.
  • 2016
    • John Connor and Dennis Reese lead an assault against the Luddite extermination camp where Mary Shea and Kyle Reese are being held.
    • Kyle Reese (age 10) watches both his parents killed by a terminator during the assault on the camp. John Connor comes to him out of the smoke and says Come with me if you want to live.
    • John places Kyle in the care of Jack Brock
    • Skynet executes a Second Judgment Day, utilizing the 1/3 of the nuclear arsenal it had held in reserve.
    • Earth suffers a nuclear winter
  • 2021
    • Lisa Weinbaum is captured by Skynet and incorporated into the I-950 development program
    • The Serena Burns unit is born in a Skynet Infiltrator Creche
  • 2023
    • Kyle Reese (age 17) begins serving in the field for the Resistance alongside his childhood buddy, Jesse
  • 2025
    • The Serena Burns unit undergoes growth acceleration and begins stage 2 development and training with the body of pre-teen.
    • John Connor gives the Picture of Sarah Connor to Sgt. Kyle Reese (age 19)
  • 2028
    • The Serena Burns unit undergoes final growth acceleration and all cybernetic implants and network capability are brought fully online.
    • Serena is equipped with an internal explosive device and assigned to infiltrate the Resistance.
  • 2029
    • Serena's assassination mission is revoked and she is reassigned to a temporal operation with the objective of ensuring the genesis of Skynet.
    • John Connor (age 42) leads an assault on a contested Skynet stronghold conducting temporal experiments in the Los Angeles basin for Operation Chrono
    • Skynet sends a terminator T-800 back in time to kill Sarah.[8]
    • Skynet sends a terminator T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor.[9]
    • Skynet sends the Serena Burns unit back in time to insure its Genesis.[10]
    • John Connor asks for a volunteer and sends back Kyle Reese (age 23), to protect Sarah.[8]
    • John Connor orders Snog to reprogram a captured T-800 to send back to protect his younger self in 1995.[9]
    • Sarah Connor is still alive at this time, aged 64.

References

  1. ↑ Note that according to the T3:DVD special features, a Terminator 2: Judgment Day dialog reference, and a "Pilot" on screen reference, she was actually born in late 1965.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Terminator
  3. ↑ The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  4. ↑ The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and in the Skynet Database menu section, on the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, DVD Special Feature
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Date and time stated by "Terminator Timeline", Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, DVD Special Feature
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 T2: Infiltrator
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Terminator, T2: The Future War
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day, T2: The Future War
  10. ↑ T2: The Future War
Timelines & Theories
The Terminator Alpha timeline - Original Timeline - The Terminator - NOW Comics - Tempest - Dark Years - 2029 to 1984 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Cybernetic Dawn - T2 Trilogy - The New John Connor Chronicles (Skynet's World / Jade's World / John's World) - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Rise of the Machines - Dark Fate
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Rise of the Machines - Kyla's World - T2 Saga - Terminator Salvation
Stand-alone The Terminator: Future Shock - Terminator Genisys - The Terminator RPG
Judgment Day 1995 - 1997 - 2003 - 2004 - 2011 - 2017 - 2021
Years & Chronology 1984 - 1995 - 2004 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2015 - 2018 - 2020 -
2027 - 2029 - 2031 - 2032 - 2036 - 2042
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
More Fandoms