@Fulgrim2
I remember one of the PS2 era games had characters that were cyborgs fighting for Skynet, always wondered what it offered them to “sign up”.
@EnclaveSOC-102
You know, I distinctly remember that Terminator: Resistance had made a reference to collaborators from what we hear regarding Baron's past along with having certain individuals like Erin having to deal with prisoners in the disposal camps given her experience as a doctor even though she wasn't a collaborator but I wouldn't put it past Skynet in the timeline of the first two movies to utilize doctors, engineers and programmers for it's own agenda along with any exmilitary and law enforcement that didn't join the Resistance being used as a reserve fighting force to secure facilities and watch over other lower tier collaborators when needed. The novels and comics for Salvation had also went into depth regarding collaborators, civilian or military, and how they would work with Skynet given that after Judgment Day it took over the gas and power systems along with securing any stockpiles of water and food as a means to persuade the collaborators while also using family members as forced leverage should giving food and water not be enough to keep them going. Banger video by the way.
@cesargonzalez4146
I suppose that at the late stages of the war many collaborators realized the hopelessness of their situation, they knew Skynet was sacrificing them wholesale, but they couldn't surrender or switch sides, the resistance hated them with a passion, to the point of executing them on the spot.
@Blutwind
A very big insentive would also be the individuals drive to survive. Because lets all be honest if you have the choice between a seemingly unstopable horde of machines with plasma guns and working toilets vs flee ridden scavengers with improvised weapons and a shared bucket, the machine offering you to work for it seems like a very good choice.
@prof.badfellow9868
Human: "Why would I ever possibly betray my own species?" Skynet: "We have beer, pizza and YouTube." Human: "Sold!"
@botondkalocsai5322
In the terminator movies I never understood why skynet use traditional computer-human interfaces like keyboards, monitors, GUI frontend softwares on his terminals / data ports in its installations. Integration with human collaborators would be a decent explanation. Otherwise it is counterproductive whim from skynet that conveniently allows the resistance to hack around upon successful infiltration.
@covertmist0348
Something of note is Skynet would likely use as few humans as possible for as short as possible to gather fuel food and water seeing as the collaborators would likely take more for themselves. An 18 wheeler of food water and medical supplies could last 4-5 military age males quite a while if they chose to defect. Skynet likely moved resource gathering to terminator units as fast as possible to mitigate this risk
@maninthemask7178
I never realized how close the combine follow this narrative.
@kyleletts5906
Excellent video… I like the idea of Skynet duping surviving military forces after Judgment Day into believing that they were helping humanity by maintaining/ building factories and other infrastructure
@Curious-Minds
I always wondered how skynet was able to initially do anything without robots that could walk and handle items, now we know. Would have made a good film.
@FoxyGrandmeowmmy5598
Everyone put too much hope/pressure on the whole "why would any human join the alien/machine/daemon that is/would extinct humanity as a whole" When we know all humans hate humans?
@Crackshotsteph
The Terminator: Dark Fate Defiance game comes to mind.
@wadewilson8303
It would make sense, just look at the Vichy French in World War 2. Also War Lords would be a problem for a short time, I reckon once it was revealed Skynet was responsible they would fall inline and fight the machines.
@juliusbossman7280
Skynet: "Join me and I'll give you a Terminator that will transform into a super model." Traitor: "You had me on join me!"
@andrewh2645
Most video sponsors are crap but the book in this sponsorship is actually a really cool kinda coffee table tier book and the illustrations are beautiful.
@tjpprojects7192
Skynet's been real quiet since the cult of Roco's Basilisk showed up.
@carmelosgro6413
This would have been based on real life situation, during WW2 German army lead the invasion force & behind them would be " The killing squads ", clean up crew with a search & destroy mission
@cowboyjohnn
Very interesting video as always sir jellybean Terminator lore is sick as
@muffinsponge2496
Been waiting a while for a bunch of these videos to come out so I can binge them. 🤣 Amazing.
@spacehitler4537