Summary
We pick up with the last moments of last season's "Allies,"
with a few scenes added in. When last we left him, Lt.
Col. Sheppard's F-302 had disappeared without a trace when
the two Wraith hive ships jumped into hyperspace. With
the added scenes, we learn that Sheppard somehow landed
his F-302 on one of the hive ship's surfaces and made the
jump. As a refresher, Ronon and Dr. McKay are captives
on one of the hive ships, both of which are en-route to
Earth.
Even though the Wraith have upgraded their FTL drive,
Dr. Zelenka reports that due to the organic nature of
the ships, they'll have to make stops to recover from hyperspace
radiation. Weir wants to calculate where they'll stop and
try to intercept the Wraith. The Daedalus sustained heavy
damage, so Weir assigns the Orion to accompany the Daedalus.
Even so, with neither ship in fighting condition, it may
well be a suicide mission.
Inside the Wraith ship, Ronon struggles against the bonds
of his cocoon while McKay figures out what's happened
and wallows in self-pity. Michael visits the Queen and
complains that he wasn't in on the plan to betray the humans.
The Queen tells him he's only still alive because he may
yet be useful. Apparently they no longer trust him because
of having once been turned into a human. He leaves and
attempts to do some work, but is barred from entering his
work area.
Dr. Weir reports their plan to Gen. Landry. They've calculated
where and how long they believe the Wraith ships will pause.
If the Daedalus and Aurora launch on time, they should
be able to catch the Wraith before they reenter hyperspace.
Gen. Landry likes the sound of the plan, but the International
Oversight Advisory wants Weir to report to them in person
immediately. Weir reluctantly steps through the gate for
Earth, leaving Teyla to handle things in her absence.
The two Wraith ships drop out of hyperspace somewhere
outside the Pegasus galaxy. Sheppard, who had briefly considered
trying to attack the Wraith ships while still in hyperspace,
tries to raise McKay or Ronon on their radios. Instead,
Michael answers his call. He tells Sheppard that McKay
and Ronon are still alive, and says, "if you want
them to live, listen to me." Sheppard isn't inclined
to trust Michael. Michael tells him that he's no longer
accepted
among the Wraith, and
probably has little time to live. Sheppard reveals his
position, and Michael tells him where best to strike the
hive ships.
Weir meets with the representatives of the I.O.A.
The meeting does not go well. Woolsey give some half-hearted
support to Weirs decisions, but the Chinese Ambassador
is content to point fingers. She questions Weir's decision
to send the Daedalus and Aurora after the Wraith instead
of sending the ZPM back to Earth on the Daedalus to power
the Antarctic weapons platform. They have an hour before
the ships are ready to launch, giving them time to consider
overriding her decision. First, though, they'd have to
fire Weir.
On the Wraith ship, Ronon finally manages to get hold
of a blade and cut through his cocoon from within. He
frees McKay, but only on the condition that he stop babbling
on about certain death. They're free, but have no idea
of how to get off the ship and back to Atlantis.
On Earth, an wormhole opens up from Atlantis. The ships
are ready to launch. Woolsey tells Weir that the I.O.A.
still hasn't reached a decision. She says that's because
they don't want to, they'd rather let her make the call
and face the consequences if she's wrong. She gives Teyla
the go-ahead to launch the mission as planned. The Daedalus
has shields at 100%. Col. Caldwell orders all their nukes
loaded into the missile bays, and orders that safeties
be overridden to allow all of them to be launched at once
upon exiting hyperspace. Maj. Lorne commands the Aurora,
which has hyperdrive, but no weapons or shields as yet.
He'll have 13 hours in hyperspace to fix that.
Sheppard launches his attack. He takes out the hyperdrive
of one ship with a single missile. Both ships launch darts
to intercept him, and he's hit before he can reach the
second hive ship. The shot destroys one of his wings, and
sends him into a spin.
Ronon and McKay decide to try and find a control panel
from which McKay can overload the ship's engines. Sheppard's
ship is picked up by one of the hive ships, and he's taken
to the Queen. Michael intercepts him and convinces the
guards that he's been ordered to take Sheppard himself.
Michael's plan is to try and get to a transport ship. First,
they'll go free Ronon and McKay (who, of course, have already
freed themselves).
The Daedalus drops out of hyperspace and launches everything
they have at one of the hive ships (the one that Sheppard,
Ronon and McKay are on). The darts intercept most of the
incoming missiles, but one makes it thought, causing serious
damage. The second hive is still 100%, though. Moments
later, the Orion arrives. The second hive fires on it,
but they've managed to get their shields up. They launch
drones at the second hive, but have to divert power from
their shields to do so. The drones destroy their hive,
but the Aurora, with no shields, gets targeted by the remaining
hive. The Daedalus moves to intercept, but is too far away
to help. Lorne requests an emergency beam-out of all personnel
to the Daedalus.
Michael and Sheppard discover that Ronon and McKay have
escaped. They track them down at a control station where
McKay is attempting to find something not damaged to override.
Ronon isn't too keen on trusting Michael, even after Michael
gives him back his blaster, but Sheppard orders him to
cooperate. They all head off in search of the transport
ship.
They launch the transport ship and immediately come under
fire from the hive ship. In the distance, we see the Orion
go up in flames. Lorne goes to the Daedalus bridge in time
for the Daedalus to detect the transport ship. Sheppard
transmits from the transport ship, identifying himself
and the other passengers. Caldwell has them all beamed
onto the bridge. Michael broke the hive ship's jamming
code before they left, meaning that they could beam a nuke
on board... if only they still had one.
The Daedalus concentrates its fire on the hive's launch
bays, creating several secondary explosions. The hive stops
firing. Unfortunately, the Daedalus has sustained severe
damage as well, with shields depleted and life support
offline. Under current conditions, they'll suffocate in
nine hours. McKay and Zelenka get onto supervising repairs,
but it doesn't look promising.
Sheppard survey's the damage from an F-302. There are
too many breaches to repair. With the only supply of atmosphere
anywhere near the Daedalus being the Wraith hive ship,
Sheppard suggests attempting to board it and commandeer
it. Michael points out that they would be vastly outnumbered...
unless they use the retrovirus gas. The gas canister is
still onboard from when they believed they were going to
use it as part of their "alliance" with Michael's
Queen. The order is given to bring the Daedalus into beaming
range.
On Earth, Weir and Landry commiserate over the IOA's
interference and oversight, with Weir being under the impression
that the Wraith are still on their way and her people are
dead.
With CO2 levels getting dangerously high, a team is beamed
aboard the Wraith ship despite the fact that the gas has
barely had enough time to work. They discover that many
of the Wraith killed each other as the gas hit. A surviving
Wraith is discovered partially transformed and having no
memory. The Queen is found slumped on the floor. Maj. Lorne
goes to check on her and she grabs him by the throat. Some
Wraith are apparently immune to the retrovirus, something
McKay recalls that Dr. Beckett thought might be a possibility.
Sheppard
guns her down, and gives Caldwell the OK to beam the crew
of the Daedalus over.
To Be Continued...
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