Movies - T-1000

	Movies - T-1000

The T-1000 (Advanced Prototype Terminator Infiltrator Series 1 Model 1A Type 1000) is a fictional android assassin, featured in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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T-1000, played by the actor Robert Patrick in the male appearance it assumes throughout most of the movie, is an extremely advanced Terminator made of a liquid mimetic polyalloy. It is able to morph its liquid metal form to impersonate people and objects in order to get closer to its target and will adapt as required to complete its mission.

Technical specs

The T-1000 originates from a special chamber deep within Skynet's complex. There, liquid mimetic polyalloy is poured in between two molds in an immense hydraulic press. The halves of the mold (each weighing about 20 tons) are then pressed together with immense force, forcing the mimetic polyalloy to take the rough shape of a bipedal humanoid. Under immense pressure, the mimetic polyalloy sets its molecular structure and recognizes the humanoid shape as its default form. The means by which the T-1000 is powered is unknown at this time, as it has no reactor or power cell like other models. It is possible that the T-1000 is powered on a molecular level, with each molecule having its own power supply, whatever that may be. Although Inorganic, the T-1000 was able to time travel via a continuum transporter (An advanced version of the time displacement unit, which Reese and the original T-800 used).

The T-1000 is capable of perfectly emulating the shape, color, and texture of anything that it touches, provided that the object being emulated is of similar size and mass. Objects larger or smaller than the T-1000 cannot be perfectly emulated. However, the T-1000 (or pieces of it) seem to be able to perfectly match the color and texture (but not shape or size) of things larger or smaller than itself. The T-1000 is believed to be made up of trillions of intelligent molecules (possibly nanomachines), each being a miniature version of the entire machine. Like human DNA, each molecule of the T-1000 contains the full data required for the assembly of the complete life-size T-1000. This is why the T-1000 is so adept at regenerating, even from complete dismemberment. Combined, the pieces of the T-1000 are very capable, but separated pieces of mimetic alloy seem to be programmed to rejoin the main T-1000 mass instead of attacking on their own. Separated or damaged mimetic alloy seems to be programmed to camouflage itself to avoid detection, as evidenced by the glitchiness of the material after it is frozen in one instance.

The T-1000 is capable of altering its molecular state between solid and liquid at will; however, it seems to be unable to convert itself into a gaseous state. Because of its ability to change its form into anything, it is hypothesized that the T-1000's memory capacity must be immense, since the location of each molecule must be recorded to emulate an object, and there are trillions of molecules in a T-1000 as well as in the object that it is emulating. However, it is just as plausible that the T-1000 conserves its memory storage capacity by only emulating visible features (objects like internal organs do not need to be emulated since they are never seen). Because of this, the T-1000's internal structure may be liquid or partially hollow. Minor physical size differences between the T-1000 and an emulated object may be overcome by the T-1000 hollowing itself out and redistributing the extra material to appear larger, while its mass remained the same.

The T-1000 prefers to use its body as a primary weapon, forming blades and extruding other metal shapes from its limbs. While the T-1000 can create solid metal weapons such as blades at will, it cannot form more complicated weapons such as firearms and explosives from its body material because it cannot emulate chemicals and moving parts. Because of this, any advanced weapons that the T-1000 decides to use (such as handguns) must be acquired instead of being simply fabricated. The T-1000 seems to store objects that it cannot reproduce inside of its body when the objects are not being used. The mimetic polyalloy (when undamaged at the molecular level) does not stick to foreign objects or leave any sort of residue behind.

When damaged on the physical level, the T-1000 is capable of repairing itself in seconds. Projectile weapons such as firearms can stun the T-1000, but only for a few seconds. Bullets seem to pass through the mimetic polyalloy without cracking it (leaving nothing more than a splash of metal that quickly heals itself), except when the mimetic alloy is frozen or otherwise incapacitated. In such a state, the T-1000 becomes brittle and is easily shattered. After being completely dismembered, the mimetic polyalloy automatically seeks itself out and rejoins into the full T-1000 once more. Individual "pieces" of the T-1000 have a seek range of 14km and will attempt to rejoin the main body. Beyond that range the mimetic polyalloy will camoflague with its surroundings till the main body is within range again.

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