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"Seriously, the next time we have to name one of these guys, we should take a vote."
Rodney McKay

"Kenny", as "named" by John Sheppard, was a high ranking male Wraith who served as "Todd"'s second in command before betraying him and attacking Earth with an upgraded hive ship, where he was killed by AR-1.

Biography

The proposal

"This is my second in command. I've asked him to be a part of these discussions."
―Todd

This Wraith was a member of Todd's crew and served as his Executive Officer during the negotiations with the Atlantis Expedition in 2008. During the meeting, Doctor Jennifer Keller told them that she had modified the Iratus bug retrovirus to an extent that it would remove the Wraith's ability to feed on Humans, but also their need to do it to survive. This did not impress Kenny who believed that it would weaken their faction as they might lose their longevity and their healing abilities. However, he accepted Todd's decision and worked in their plan to "convince" the Primary Hive queen of their alliance.

While Todd went with the disguised Teyla Emmagan to secure the loyalty of the rest of the alliance, Kenny was left in charge of his hive ship. When the Primary's Hive ship went into an unexpected hyperspace jump, the members of AR-1 believed it to be a possible betrayal. Kenny, however, insisted it was not and hositilities almost broke out when Ronon Dex brought his gun to bear on Kenny. Colonel John Sheppard though accepted that Todd's hive were unaware of the Primary's surprise action.

Kenny took the ship to track Todd's subspace tracking device and emerged near a nebula only to discover that the Primary's hive had moved again to one of their more populated human worlds. At Sheppard's request, Kenny dropped them off at a stargate, so they could get there faster in a gateship.

The Daedalus incident

"All the troops you requested have beamed onboard."
―Kenny, helping Todd hijack the Daedalus

Kenny later accompanied Todd to the Daedalus from their hive along with another Wraith officer to help them work on Keller's gene therapy. When the Attero Device was activated, destroying two of Todd's cruisers, Kenny assisted Todd in commandeering the ship. He then escaped with the other Wraith officers and warriors on their scout ship, after the Tau'ri vessel had been locked into its collision course toward the Attero Device. (SGA: "First Contact", "The Lost Tribe")

Apparently, Kenny was not onboard Todd's hive when it suffered the disastrous effects of the failed gene treatment, since all of its crew died after it broke in half and crashed.

The ZPM powered Hive Ship

"I was able to return to my position as leader of the alliance, although I have met a recent setback [...] I was attacked by one of my underlings."
―Todd, referring to his fallout with Kenny

At an unknown date, Todd had ordered the development of a new version of hive ship using his stolen Zero Point Modules as its power source. In early 2009, Kenny organized a mutiny against Todd and defeated him using the hive ship, then used its enhanced sensors to receive a signal from another reality that told him the location of Earth. He set a course for Earth, intending to cull it.
With no other choice left, Todd contacted Atlantis and urged them to destroy Kenny's new Hive before it would become completely unstoppable.

The Expedition sent the Daedalus to engage the new hive ship, but the Z.P.M. powered vessel proved an impressive opponent, crippling the Daedalus before making a sudden and inexplicable jump into hyperspace. The hive received a weak subspace signal in Wraith code. The signal was sent through subspace, from another reality. The message contained a very important set of coordinates -- the Wraith had finally found the location of Earth and its defenses.

The hive ship dropped out of hyperspace before reaching Earth, where they fought two Tau'ri vessels, the Apollo and the Sun Tzu. The ships failed miserably to stop the Kenny's Hive and they continued their travel towards Earth. When the hive ship arrived they placed themselves in orbit over the Earth's moon. Kenny sent a large group of Wraith darts towards Area 51 in order to destroy the control chair of the Ancient outpost on Earth. The attack was successful and with the outpost neutralized Earth was now completely defenseless.

A team of Tau'ri soldiers dialed into the Hive and attempted to infiltrate the ship. Meanwhile, Sheppard successfully infiltrated the hive with his F-302 through the Dart bay, planning to nuke the ship from the inside. When Kenny was about to attack Earth, Atlantis came out of hyperspace in position between the Hive and Earth in order to buy the Stargate Command more time. Atlantis took the brunt of the hive ship's assault on Earth and launches a barrage of drones in retaliation. The sheer force of the Hive's weapons fire pushed the city ship into Earth's atmosphere, straining on the shields.
In a desperate battle onboard the hive ship, Ronon was stabbed in a fight with two Wraith warriors. The knife pierced his lung and he died from the resulting blood loss; with Teyla and McKay visibly upset, Lorne forced them to leave his body behind. Kenny revived Ronon for interrogation, but the team was able to rescue him, killing Kenny in the process.

The team on the hive ship managed to escape, and the warhead successfully detonated, destroying the hive ship and ending Kenny's attack on Earth. (SGA: "Enemy at the Gate")

Personality and traits

Kenny was initially loyal to Todd, supporting him in his plan involving Teyla and the meeting with the Primary. Whether he was aware of Todd's true intentions of assassinating the Primary and taking control of the alliance is unknown but likely. He cooperated with the Atlantis team in trying to track down Todd and the other hive ship, agreeing to drop them off at the nearest stargate. However, he appeared to be less trusting and respectful of the humans, reacting with skepticism at their proposal. (SGA: "The Queen")
Kenny was one of Todd's best scientists, although it still took him over a year to interface the ZPMs with a hive ship, and has demonstrated some proficiency with Tau'ri technology, at least enough to operate systems on the Daedalus. (SGA: "First Contact")
His betraying of Todd may have been spurred by a dissatisfaction at Todd's leadership after his repeated failures or a simple lust for the great power of the enhanced hive ship. He was evidently in a hurry to reach Earth for culling, taking the incomplete hive with a surprisingly small troop complement, which allowed the Atlantis team to fight through the ship with relatively little resistance. (SGA: "Enemy at the Gate")

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