Battle of M2S-445

The Battle of M2S-445 was an engagement between the Daedalus and Michael Kenmore's Wraith cruiser that occurred over the planet M2S-445.

Prelude
Sheppard's team was sent to M2S-445 to search for Teyla Emmagan. They, however, arrived too early and set off a trap, causing the entire research facility to collapse upon them. The collapse of the facility alerted Michael that someone had discovered his facility, whereas he immediately set a course for the planet. Lieutenant Edison, who was stationed outside of the building when it collapsed, quickly rushed back through the Stargate to alert Atlantis what had happened. Since the Daedalus would not reach the planet for another two hours, Carter, Captain Alicia Vega, Dr. Keller, and a team of combat engineers went through the Stargate to the planet with Jumpers. Their search team succeds in finding McKay and Major Lorne but cannot reach Sheppard and Ronon in time. When Michael's cruiser arrives at the planet the search teams fell back to their Jumpers and activate their cloak to hide from Michael's Wraith darts.

The Battle
"Reading another ship in orbit. It's a Wraith cruiser."

- Kevin Marks

Soon after Michael's arrival, the Daedalus also arrives and finds itself in orbit with a Wraith cruiser. Carter tells the Daedalus that it is Michael's cruiser so Teyla may be on board and thus they cannot destroy it. When Michael notices the Daedalus has arrived he attempts to jump away into hyperspace. Before he can Col. Caldwell orders Marks to disable its hyperdrive. They hit the cruiser just before it escapes and succeed in stranding it. The cruiser then begins to repeatedly strike the Daedulus but cannot penetrate the Daedalus' shields. As Michael's hybrids would soon reach Sheppard and Ronon, Carter and Caldwell decide the Daedalus would lower it's shields for a short time to both beam Sheppard and Ronon away from the surface to the ship and to allow the search team's Puddle Jumpers to enter the ship. They succeed in doing this, however, in the process the Daedalus was vulnerable and hit several times by Michael disabling the sublight and hyperdrive engines as well as Asgard Weapons from the damage.

Once everyone was back on the Daedalus they reactivated their shields but they became sitting ducks as their engines were disabled. Michael continued to fire at the Daedalus but the shields held. Carter and Caldwell knew the shields would not last forever so they tried to think up a plan. Sheppard, still in his injured state, came up with a plan and told them that he had to be a part of it to rescue Telya and would not take no for an answer. The Daedelus proceeded to launch an F-302 strike upon the cruiser, disabling its main weapon. In response Michael released Darts to combat them. While the Darts and F-302's were fighting Sheppard, Ronon, and McKay made it aboard the cruiser in a cloaked Puddle Jumper before its hanger bay closed. Once they were aboard the cruiser they landed the Jumper and began to search the ship for Teyla. McKay was able to locate her and they quickly rushed to her location, taking out the Hybrids they met along the way.

Once they found Teyla they discovered that she was basically ready to have her baby and that Michael had almost repaired the hyperdrives. Sheppard and Ronon quickly decided the would have to use their C4 and blow up the hyperdrive before it was completely repaired. They succeeded in doing this and at the same time McKay helped Teyla have their baby. Once Sheppard and Ronon made it back to where McKay, Teyla, and the newborn baby were they quickly rushed back to the Puddle Jumper only to discover it had vanished. Due to this they had to think up another method of escape. While moving through the ship they met up with Kanaan and Teyla convinced them that he could help.

With his help they stole a Dart from the cruiser and escaped in it. With Sheppard piloting it while holding the baby and everyone else in the Dart's storage device. Once their identify was confirmed by the Daedalus, it blew the cruiser up using the newly repaired Asgard weaponry. However, due to the Puddle Jumper being missing, it is likely that Michael escaped the cruiser before it blew up.

Aftermath
With Michael's campaign severely crippled, his threat to the Pegasus galaxy has been greatly reduced. His hybrids were brought to M35-117, where they remained until the Atlantis Expedition decided they were no longer a threat. Michael did survive and later infiltrated Atlantis with his last four hybrids who likely escaped from the crusier on the Puddle Jumper with him, but failed and Michael was finally killed by Teyla who knocked him off Atlantis' Control Tower.