Talk:Critical Mass/@comment-131168-20190204232302

In Goofs: Given the lengthy time travel takes between galaxies, the Daedalus would not have been able to make it back to Atlantis before the arrival of the cruisers, thereby allowing the bomb to detonate.

Well, Hermiod had already jacked up their speed so they'd be able to get within transmission distance of Atlantis in time. Making it back to Atlantis might've just been a matter of maintaining this risky extra speed.