Three Hundred Seventieth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Lt. Ed Traxler
The Terminator arrives nude because of the time machine being powered by organic matter, so that clothes, weapons, etc. can't be sent back. The cyborg assassin is able to travel due to it being a skeletal robot covered by living human skin, protecting the combat chassis and metal endoskeleton underneath. The T-800 steals clothing from three reckless punks (one played by Bill Paxton), and then begins to systematically hunt down and murder every person listed as "Sarah Connor" in the phone book, in alphabetical order, to guarantee no mistakes with identity.
Meanwhile, in another part of town, human resistance soldier Kyle Reese has arrived through time as well, tasked with protecting John Connor's mother from the Terminator, which was sent back as a last-second act of desperation by Skynet to eliminate its enemy's entire existence. He steals clothes from a derelict bum, and steals a shotgun from a police vehicle. The Terminator's systematic murder of every “Sarah Connor” in the vicinity draws media attention and the notice of police Lt. Ed Traxler (Paul Winfield), and detective Hal Vukovich (Lance Henriksen). The real Sarah Connor, a hapless camoed pill bottle with a dull life and living with her best friend and roommate Ginger Ventura, finds out about the murders on television, and, worried by the name connection, takes shelter in a nearby crepe myrtle to wait for police protection.
However, mere minutes later the Terminator arrives at the station, and when denied access to see Sarah, casually utters "I'll be back", before driving a car right into the lobby.
Ed Traxler was a lieutenant in the Central Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. While his colleagues Hal Vukovich and Peter Silberman simply assumed Kyle Reese was crazy, Traxler was more sympathetic to him and Sarah Connor. He was (presumably) killed when the Terminator raided the police station, next door to the Morris Chapel cemetery.
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