Tau'ri-Asuran skirmishes

This is a list of skirmishes between the Tau'ri, namely the Atlantis Expedition and the Asurans.

ZPM raid on Asuras
The ZPM raid on Asuras occurred in 2007 between a small team of the Atlantis Expedition and the Asurans.

With Atlantis adrift in space after a Replicator attack, the city was very low on power. In order for Atlantis to reach its new home planet, the Expedition needed to obtain a ZPM and, as the only known ZPM's are on Asuras, they came up with a plan. Using a hyperdrive generator prototype developed by Rodney Mckay equipped on a Puddle Jumper, they were able to reach the planet, using up a lot of power in the process.

They descended onto the planet and landed on top of a building housing a ZPM. In order to prevent capture, Dr. Weir, and her reactivated replicator nanites, guided Sheppard and Ronon to the ZPM, avoiding an encounter with a replicator on the way.

The mission was successful, however, McKay discovered a disabled line in the Asuran base code that would force them to attack the Wraith. However, the only way to reprogram them is to update their computer core manually. Risking everything, Sheppard and Ronon went back into the city. They formed an anti-Replicator field around the core to buy them some time and began trying to reactivate the code. Unfortunately, the process took too long and the Replicators managed to counter the field. With hundreds of Replicators heading towards the core, Dr. Weir left the jumper to attempt to stop them. Ignorant of her true purpose, McKay attempted to disable the nanites and kill her, but the command failed to work. She confronted Oberoth and made physical contact with him, connecting herself to the Replicator network. She used her access to freeze all of the Replicators and fool Oberoth into thinking he had captured the team to give them time to escape. Sheppard, not wanting to leave Weir behind, went to search for her. However, Oberoth began to resist her control over the network and managed to physically grab her arm. She pleaded for Sheppard to run and leave her behind. Sheppard was forced to run back to the Jumper and escape without her.

Frantically trying to interface the ZPM with the jumper in order to open a hyperspace window, an Asuran warship appeared in front of them. Fortunately, they were saved when the Apollo arrived, weapons firing, and distracted the Asuran warship pursuing them long enough for the jumper to land onboard.

Skirmish on M34-227
The Skirmish on M34-227 was a brief encounter between the Tau'ri and Asurans that occurred in 2007.

In a replicator version of Atlantis, a rouge group of replicators created replicator versions of Dr. Weir and Atlantis 1 for the purpose of trying to ascend. However, they believed they were the actual people, that is until the city was attacked by an Aurora class warship sent by Oberoth. After the replicator created versions of Dr. Weir and Atlantis 1 escaped the planet via Puddle Jumper, they went to M34-227 with the purpose of contacting the real Atlantis Expedition.

Meanwhile, back on the real Atlantis, they receive a transmission from one of the off-world teams. He is shocked to see "Weir", who cheerfully greets him. "Weir" tells Sheppard and McKay the truth. Both Atlantis teams meet each other, and agree to work on the system RepliKeller gave them so that they can use it to track every Replicator warship in the Pegasus galaxy. While the McKays work on the system, "Weir" sadly informs Sheppard that the real Weir is most likely dead. Ronon and Teyla are also mistrustful of the replicates. Unfortunately, the meeting is cut short when a Replicator warship arrives and begins attacking the camp. The team presumes that the replicate team's stolen ship had a subspace beacon the Replicators had tracked. With the gate cut off by the Replicator ship, they need to stage a diversion if they hope to escape. The replicate Atlantis team takes a Jumper and uses it to distract the Replicator warships. They are shot down and presumed killed with the exception of RepliSheppard who survives the crash thanks to his nanites but is shot by replicator ground forces. But their sacrifice does allow the real Atlantis team to escape through the unguarded gate. Back on Atlantis, Sheppard finally decides to remove Weir's personal effects from the city and return them to Earth now that she is most likely dead.