Brad Wright and “Stargate Atlantis” by Robert C. Cooper are a spin-off adventure that fills the gap between seasons 7 and 8 The longtime beloved “Stargate SG-1”. It could give you the impression that “Stargate Atlantis” is a quick tale and only one set in space, but This five-season science fiction series is anything but. Here, things start with the discovery of an antarctic outpost created by an old extraterrestrial race, followed by the denigration of the lost city of Atlantis, which quickly becomes the base of operations of the stargate fleet investigating. Under the leadership capable of Major John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan)The Atlantis team sails in the legendary city and learns that its indigenous inhabitants were forced to flee after an attack by the Wraith. What are these mysterious beings, and why exterminate civilizations?

These questions haunt “Stargate Atlantis”, and we are soon granted answers uncomfortable on these formidable antagonists. It is gradually revealed that anger is a species based on a humanoid hive that harvested the vital force of other sensitive beings through the galaxy. None of the Wraiths that appear throughout the series tells us their real names, but Sheppard often attributes generic names like James or Tyler for them for a comic effect. While the Major’s efforts to familiarize the unknown injecting the team with an essential lightness, the Wraith are dangerous and deadly, ready to eliminate dozens of living beings after long periods of hibernation. According to the commander of the male wraith known as the guide (which Sheppard calls Todd), this race is over 100,000 years old and is from a human deviant bug.

Let us take a closer look at the Wraith-Lantean conflict and what happened to this race at the end of “Stargate Atlantis”.

The Lanteens (Indigenous of Atlantis) were known to be a peaceful race, but they were also part of the line of the ancients who had genetically experienced the 900th anniversary of the Wraith before the invasion of Atlantis. This deep hatred prompted the Wraith to demolish the Lanteens, but the latter had weapons and more technologically advanced shield mechanisms. Although the Wraith was very disadvantaged tactical, the Lanteens stole too close to the sun by sending their warships deeply in enemy territory. After a few harshly won battles, the Wraiths were able to dominate some of these warships and steal power modules that would tip the chances in their favor.

One might think that this hive -based species used these incredibly powerful sources of power to make better weapons, but they went further. The Wraith used it to configure Cloning installations to considerably increase their number. The Lanteens did not anticipate this clever decision and spent years fighting their enemy until only Atlantis remains. When things seemed too dark, the Lanteans initiated a truce but were ambushed instead.

Before a long time, Atlantis fell and native survivors fled. What happened next? Well, the Wraith had total control over Atlantis except for his capital, which was protected by a shield and automated drones. After 100 years of siege (without success), the city has flowed underwater, and the Wraith continued its happy means of feasting on other species.

Quick advance at 10,000 years. The crew of Stargate Atlantis arrives in the Galaxy of Pegasus and installed a base in the underwater city of Atlantis. Major Sheppard and Lieutenant Aiden Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) carry out a rescue mission for humans abducted by the Wraith on the Athos planet, where The Hive species kidnaps a crew member of Atlantis And (unfortunately) learn that the land is a massive food for long -term subsistence. This is not good news, because it would mean the end of humanity if the Wraith are left to their devices, without control.

A plot This happens after the crew of Stargate Atlantis gets involved with the Wraith on Athos, but let’s review the main developments. A queen of the hive known as the death appears as a formidable threat after having amassed the Wraith dispersed under his direction. In addition, she also kidnaps Dr. Rodney (David Hewlett) and transforms him into Wraith (!), Using his expertise in Shield Technology in his favor. The good doctor is finally rescued, and a culminating battle is waged on the frozen planet on which the Wraith was born. The Queen is killed, and the real culprit behind the aggressive Wresh machinations is revealed and treated appropriately in the episode of the series, “Legacy”.

With the queen and the missing manipulator, the commanders of the Wraith surrender and sign a peace treaty, agreeing to renounce their grip on the Galaxy of Pegasus. But how was the Wreish food problem solved? After all, it is their biological impulse to feed on other beings to survive and hibernate once they feel satisfied. A small practical form of gene therapy known as Retrovirus Iratus Bug (developed by Dr Carson, which is part of the Atlantis expedition) was initially developed to master the Wraith.

Now this could be used to slow down their insatiable appetites by transforming them into humans for a short period. Humans injected with retrovirus have become stronger, which means that they could be nourished (by the Wraith) without risk of imminent death. If you ask me, it’s a bit spoiled, but I suppose it is better than letting a kind of hive feed without discernment of the life forces through the galaxy.

This marks the end of the Wraith’s conflict in “Stargate Atlantis”, and the residual scenarios on this race revolve around the guide who followed the individual responsible for the sudden death of the Wraith. The Atlantis team intervenes as usual, which leads to a shocking revelation which is the best experienced first. In the end, a worried truce is agreed, but everything is fine in this part of the vast galaxy.