Michael's crusade

"He stepped up his campaign of exposing human populations to the Hoffan drug. Jennifer did her best to find a way to combat the effects, with trying to lower the mortality rate ..."

- Rodney Mckay

Michael's Crusade is a conflict started by the rogue Wraith-Human Hybrid Commander/Scientist Michael Kenmore, who is determined to gain dominance over the Pegasus galaxy. To this end, he has gradually gathered strength in terms of ships and human mercenaries, and successfully made a process of creating additional Hybrids for ground troops (though Torren John Emmagan remains critical to Michael's plans). To contest him, the Tau'ri of the Atlantis Expedition, and their semi-allied Wraith.

Open War
Michael kidnapped Teyla in order to use her baby to perfect his hybrids and defeat the Wraith and humans in the galaxy alike. He came into conflict with the Daedalus when the Atlantis team tried to rescue Teyla. As his ship was no match for the powerful Tau'ri warship, he ran, but escaped with Teyla. The Athosians were later rescued from him with help from the clone of Dr. Beckett, but he managed to escape again in his cruiser.

A team from Atlantis, using information Sheppard gained from his stay in the future, infiltrated and were preparing an ambush at one of Michael's facilities, where Michael himself was enroute to get Teyla to have her baby. However, the facility was sabotaged to self-destruct, and almost all personnel were killed. Michael received word of the base's destruction, and headed there in his cruiser to retrieve survivors for the purpose of creating more hybrids.

However, Michael's cruiser came into conflict, yet again, with the Daedalus, and soon a battle was fought. Once again, Michael found himself no match for the more powerful warship. Within minutes, the Daedalus destroyed the cruiser, while at the same time Teyla was rescued. Michael himself, however, survived by escaping in a Puddle Jumper. Michael himself is currently in hiding, gradually re-gaining his strength.

Alternate Timeline
''In an alternate timeline, Michael took Teyla's son after his birth, and then killed Teyla. Michael used the baby to perfect his hybrids, and eventually amassed an army and fleet of hive-ships. After finishing poisoning the entire Pegasus Galaxy with the Hoffan drug, Michael declared war on the Wraith who, severely weakened, were no match and were defeated. The Tau'ri were initially hesitant in trying to forstall his plans for power, but after the Battle of the Phoenix, in which the USS Phoenix and Carter were both lost, the IOA stopped all efforts to fight him, and Michael gained dominance over the entire galaxy.''

Michael crusade-related conflicts

 * Battle of M2S-445
 * Battle of the Phoenix (alternate timeline)