Wraith Commander (Broken Ties)

"No retreat in the face of battle. No sympathy for the fallen. No mercy for our enemies."

- Wraith Commander.

This Wraith Commander was in charge of a Wraith Lab for his faction during the Wraith civil war.

He was contacted by Tyre when the Satedan Wraith worshipper had captured Ronan Dex. Tyre had hoped that Ronan's capture would return him into the ranks of the Wraith worshippers so that he could get the Gift of Life which he had been addicted to. After an initial interrogation by the commander, he decided to return to his base. When Tyre asked for his reward, the commander knocked him into the wall and left him for dead.

After returning to his base, this Wraith commander began using the addictive nature of the Wraith enzyme to break Ronan's spirit and brainwash him into being a Wraith worshipper. He was successful in this regard after numerous sessions where he took Ronan's life and returned it making Dex into a loyal servant of the Wraith. With his new worshipper, they waited in ambush for the Atlantis Expedition to free their comrade. Tyre had accompanied the Atlanteans and during the ambush, he betrayed his new allies to the Wraith in return to beooming a Wraith worshipper again which pleased the commander.

The Wraith commander believed that once he had extracted all the useful information from the Humans then he would kill them as they would serve no other purpose. However, the counsel of Ronan and Tyre made him change his mind and he asked for John Sheppard to be brought to him so that he could break him as he did with Ronan. This commander expressed joy at breaking one so defiant and as his feeding hand was getting ready, Tyre struck and cut off the arm.

Wounded but alive, the commander stated that his life was a small price to pay for the destruction of the Human invaders. However, Tyre informed him that explosives had been placed at the power relay station in the base which would destroy it and its research thus depriving his faction of critical data. Rather then risk this, he agreed to let the go and commanded his warriors to stand down. Tyre stayed behind with the explosives to ensure that the Atlantis Expedition got away with the unconscious Ronan. The commander attempted to sway Tyre into joining the ranks of the Wraith worshippers once more but he stated that it was too late for both him and the commander after which he pressed the detonator kiling him, the commander and destroying the base.