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Terminator
"Zero Day Exploit" Part 1
Terminator: Resistance -
Zero Day Exploit
Digital comic book
Script: Arvid Nelson
Art: Andy McDonald
Colors: Dan Jackson
Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot
Cover: Raymond Swanland
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Released November 2019 |
The South Division Resistance harbors a scientist who is
studying Terminators.
Read the
story at YouTube
Notes from the Terminator chronology
This story takes place in 2026 as a prequel to the 2028
events of the video game
Terminator: Resistance. I have placed it in a timeline spun off from
Judgment Day
(Timeline JD-5, in this case) because the end of the game
depicts
three Terminators sent back in time: a T-800 to 1984 to kill
Sarah Connor (as seen in
The Terminator), a
T-1000 prototype to 1995 to kill John Connor (as seen in
Judgment Day), and a
T-850 sent a few weeks back to kill Jacob Rivers (the hero
of the game). No mention is made of the T-X that was sent
back to 2004 to kill John Connor's lieutenants in Rise
of the Machines. Though the game and comics were released to
coincide with the release of the movie
Terminator: Dark Fate, they
do not seem to have any connection to that story.
Didja Know?
Zero Day Exploit
was a pair of digital comic books by Dark Horse Comics
produced as a prequel to the video game
Terminator: Resistance. The
comics were originally available
only with a digital code provided with purchase of a physical copy of
the game. The issues feature background stories of Commander Baron and
Dr. Mack from the game.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this comic
Lt. Jessica Baron
Dr. Edwin Mack
Commander Perry (dies in this story)
Kyle Reese
John Connor (mentioned only)
284 Squad
909 Squad (found deceased)
Skynet (mentioned only)
Didja Notice?
The story opens on March 29, 2026.
Lt. Baron is a member of Tech-Com.
This is the unit of the Resistance that Kyle Reese stated he
was a member of in The
Terminator.
Lt. Baron writes in her personal diary that her Tech-Com
group has eaten all the rats at their compound and is now
down to dog food and maraschino cherries. Maraschino
cherries are the jarred, artificially-colored cherries
packed in sugar syrup that are traditionally associated as a
garnish on some cocktails. Apparently, a truckload of them
was found by Kyle Reese.
Tech-Com leader Perry is here called Commander Perry.
Kyle Reese mentioned that he served under Perry in Tech-Com
in The
Terminator.
Here, Perry is African-American, as he also is in episodes
of
The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In Dawn
of Fate,
he is
a Caucasian man with a (possibly Central American Indian
style) tattoo on his face and his full name is given as Major General Justin Perry.
At the end of our current story, Perry's dog tag does also
use the "Justin Perry" name, plus giving him the middle
initial H. It gives his serial number as DN54638 and blood
type as Rh negative B.
On page 7 of the story, notice
that in Perry and Baron's quarters, they have hooks on the
wall for His and Hers plasma rifles.
This story introduces the T-47 Hunter-Killer, seen more
completely in Resistance.
On page 17 of the story, a Resistance member helps to guide
civilians through the old Metro tunnels, saying in Spanish,
"Aquí...mami. Aquí, vamos." This translates as
"Here...mother. Here, we go."
The South Division Resistance unit's headquarters is
compromised by Skynet, so they are forced to move to a new,
pre-scouted location. It appears it may be the location we
saw Kyle Reese based at in the future-flashback scenes of
The
Terminator.
Reese rigs the access tunnel to
the old base with C4 to prevent Skynet from tracking where
the Resistance members fled to. C4 is a type of plastic
explosive, Composition C-4.
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