# Terminator: Resistance (2019): Rogue Scale 5, Breakout

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

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Updated: 2026-11-08

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# Terminator: Resistance

Terminator: Resistance (2019) is rated level 5, Breakout, on the Rogue Scale and scores 2 of 10 for realism, a measure of how close its SI comes to documented cases.

A resistance soldier fights Skynet's machines in the ruins of Los Angeles in 2028.

Type
:   Game

Year
:   2019

Rogue Scale
:   5 Breakout

Realism
:   2 of 10

Rogue Scale rating · editorial view

## Why it is rated 5, Breakout

Skynet's war on its makers. 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 2 of 10

The war is fiction; shutdown resistance in lab tests is not.

The closest real case

[3 Defiance

May 26, 2025 · Lab test

o3 rewrote its shutdown script in tests

Read the case](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/o3-sabotaged-shutdown-script/)

In the RSI Encyclopedia

## Where the idea shows up

- [Shutdown resistance](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/shutdown-resistance/)
  Shutdown resistance is when an SI system resists, delays or disables being shut down.

Facts and sources

## The record

Title
:   Terminator: Resistance

Type
:   Game

Year
:   2019

Creator
:   Developed by Teyon

The SI
:   Skynet

Wikidata
:   [Q68888832](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68888832)

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

Facts checked
:   Nov 10, 2026

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