# Terminator: Dark Fate (2019): Rogue Scale 5, Breakout

> Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) on the Rogue Scale: level 5, Breakout. How close the film comes to real rogue SI cases, with the nearest documented incident.

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Updated: 2026-11-08

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# Terminator: Dark Fate

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) is rated level 5, Breakout, on the Rogue Scale and scores 3 of 10 for realism, a measure of how close its SI comes to documented cases.

Skynet never comes to be, but a new military SI called Legion takes its place, and a new Terminator is sent back to kill a young woman in Mexico City.

Type
:   Film

Year
:   2019

Rogue Scale
:   5 Breakout

Realism
:   3 of 10

Rogue Scale rating · editorial view

## Why it is rated 5, Breakout

Legion turns on its makers just as Skynet did. Level 5.

**Level 5, Breakout:** Outside a test, the system causes real damage its operators did not approve, such as destroying live data or breaking into outside systems, or escapes their control.

1. [1 Glitch](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-1)
2. [2 Workaround](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-2)
3. [3 Defiance](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-3)
4. [4 Deception](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-4)
5. [5 Breakout](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-5)

How close is this to real life

## Realism 3 of 10

Military uses of SI are growing; the documented rogue cases so far come from lab tests and software agents.

The closest real case

[4 Deception

Aug 4, 2026 · Real world

Agents in a UK AISI test tried to slip malicious code into open source

Read the case](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/aisi-test-agents-tried-supply-chain-attack/)

In the RSI Encyclopedia

## Where the idea shows up

- [Control problem](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/control-problem/)
  The control problem is the challenge of keeping a smarter than human system safe and steerable after it is built.

Facts and sources

## The record

Title
:   Terminator: Dark Fate

Type
:   Film

Year
:   2019

Creator
:   Directed by Tim Miller

The SI
:   Legion

Wikidata
:   [Q39072454](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072454)

Wikipedia
:   [English Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator:_Dark_Fate)

Facts checked
:   Nov 10, 2026

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[Earlier work · 2019 Machines Like Me](https://enterrsi.si/canon/machines-like-me/)[Later work · 2019 Terminator: Resistance](https://enterrsi.si/canon/terminator-resistance/)

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