2018 is the year that the events in the movie Terminator Salvation occur.
- The Battle of the Skynet VLA occurs.
- The Resistance finds a flaw in the communications protocols of the Terminator, allowing them to temporarily shut the machines down. This leads to plans of a worldwide attack.
- Marcus Wright comes online.
- The machines locate and destroy Resistance Headquarters through their communications trap.
- John Connor meets Kyle Reese for the first time.
- Skynet Central is destroyed by the Resistance.
- John Connor is very nearly killed. He is saved when Marcus Wright gives him his heart for a heart transplant.