Niam

Naim was an untraditional Asuran, part of a small group who wished to Ascend by repressing the aggression programming in them. When Atlantis 1 came to Asuras, he welcomed them, and was very interested that they knew of Ascension. When the Asuran city-ship left to destroy Atlantis, Niam urged Oberoth to spare the lives of Atlantis 1. He then showed Elizabeth Weir the origins of the Asurans. After telling them of the Asurans origins, he proposed a trade: if Rodney McKay agreed to remove the aggression code from the Asurans base programming, Niam and his allies would persuade Oberoth and the others to spare Atlantis. McKay was able to locate a series of times called merges where the Asurans shared information. He uploaded a virus which "froze" the Asurans except Niam, and intended to destroy the city-ship. Niam protested, but Weir made him realize he couldn't guarantee the Asurans would spare Atlantis. Niam left with Atlantis 1 after the Asuran city-ship entered orbit of Lantea, when the ship exploded. The Asurans back on their homeworld reset Niam, reactivating his aggression codes. He attacked Weir, attempting to strangle her, but John Sheppard knocked him into the puddle jumper's rear compartment, and ejecting them into space. The few nanites he introduced into Weir nearly killed her, but she lived.

After the Asuran attack on Atlantis, Atlantis 1 hoped to use Niam in stopping the Asurans, by uploading another freezing program into him, allowing them to kill the Asurans. However, Niam reactivated, and McKay was forced to destroy him with his ARG.