Terminator 3 characters

Appears from the start

A young man living without records, regular work, or a permanent home so that the machines of the future cannot find him. Years earlier he helped prevent a planned artificial-intelligence disaster, but he remains convinced that another attack may come. He is isolated by that knowledge and uncertain whether the future still expects him to become a leader.

Appears from the start

A senior officer directing Cyber Research Systems, the military program that has inherited advanced automation and defense projects. Under pressure to counter a fast-spreading computer virus, he is being pushed toward activating an unusually capable network called Skynet.

First appears in chapter 2

An advanced killing machine sent from the future in a female human guise. It can alter its appearance, form weapons from its arms, and seize control of other machines. Its mission is to eliminate people who will become important members of the human resistance, with John Connor as its highest-value target.

First appears in chapter 3

A veterinarian who is engaged to Scott Mason and trying to build an orderly adult life. A late-night call to her animal clinic puts her in the path of John Connor, whom she knew as a teenager, and of the machines searching for them both.

First appears in chapter 3

Kate Brewster's fiancé, a steady presence in the conventional life she expects to lead. He becomes a target when the T-X uses its ability to imitate people while hunting Kate.

Also known as Terminator

First appears in chapter 5

A heavily built cybernetic soldier whose outward appearance matches the machine that once protected John. Sent back to keep John and Kate alive, it is durable, literal-minded, and governed by its mission rather than human feeling. It knows that a new crisis is close and treats Kate's survival as essential.

First appears in chapter 10

A former police psychiatrist who encountered earlier Terminators and spent years insisting that the machines were real. The experience damaged his professional standing, and another sight of the seemingly unchanged protector overwhelms his attempt to explain events calmly.

First appears in chapter 11

John's mother, who prepared him from childhood for a war against intelligent machines. She has died before the novel begins, but her training, warnings, and decision to hide weapons remain central to how John understands the danger.

First appears in chapter 4

A young man identified by the T-X as one of the future resistance figures who might matter even if John Connor cannot be located. He is among the machine's first targets in the present.