The Walking Dead Dark Steel

In 2029 Skynet sends T-1002 , a liquid metal upgrade version of T1000 Back in time to Eliminated John Connor and Kate Brewster before they can lead the human resistance.

She is equipped with advanced combat software, infiltration protocols, and lethal efficiency. However During temporal displacement, a software glitch combined with temporal interference misroutes her.

Instead of arriving in late 20th century, T-1002 lands in the Walking Dead universe / timeline somewhere in Georgia, post-zombie outbreak.

Her targeting protocol now fails-John and Kate are nowhere in this timeline.

She Quickly realizes humans are scattered, and the world is overrun by zombies-a scenario completely outside Skynet's original parameters.

Original Skynet mission "kill John Connor and Kate Brewster" is now irrelevant.

Residual programming makes her suspicious of any organized humans

Slowly, she overrides old directives as she bonds with the group, forming a unique human-machine alliance.

With rogue Terminators appearing in the Walking Dead timeline . T-1002 adopts a new objective: protect humans from Skynet and undead alike.

Becomes both guardian and strategist, helping survivors fortify settlements, trap hordes, and battle rogue machines

Key Dramatic Tension

Humans vs. Machine: Can Rick's group trust a Terminator whose original mission was to kill the leader of humanity in another timeline?

Machine vs. Zombies: T-1002 adapts Skynet tech to combat walkers, leading to intense hybrid battle sequences.

Machine vs. Self: T-1002 begins questioning the morality of her actions-can a machine choose empathy over logic?