Friendly Replicator Android

Fran, a name derived from Friendly Replicator ANdroid, was the name of a female Asuran created at Atlantis by Dr. Rodney McKay.

She was created through the use of a device made by the Lanteans that was responsible for creating Nanites which was how the Asuran species were created. Originally, Dr McKay created a small number of nanites that formed a block in order to test a program that he wanted to install into the Asuran code but this was unsuccessful and he instead created Fran.

Fran possessed a programming within her that, when activated, would result in all the Asuran nanites converging into her creating a large amorphous nanite blob which would have resulted in the Replicators becoming inert. She would notice that the programming parameters would allow the Asurans enough time to quickly adapt to their change and become an immediate threat once again.

During her short existence, she realized that that her creators possessed names and requested one. She knew her purpose was being a weapon but this did not bother her, nor did the fact that she would cease to be once her task was completed.