The Duel in the desert was an event that took place in 2008 during the Tau'ri-Wraith war.
Prelude[]
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Battle[]
Detective John Sheppard manages to locate the Wraith survivor and tries to sneak up on him as he activates his transmitter. The Wraith hears his car and engages in a gunfight with Sheppard, apparently mortally wounding him. Sheppard shoots the Wraith several times to no effect. He runs out of ammo and the Wraith prepares to feed on him. Before the Wraith can succeed, a pair of A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, dispatched to take him out, arrive. The Wraith activates his transmitter and sends his message, but before it can be sent out for long, the Thunderbolts destroy the trailer, killing the Wraith and destroying his transmitter. Sheppard apparently dies of his wounds and Dr. Rodney McKay discovers that while the message didn't reach the Pegasus Galaxy, it got sent through to other realities and would be stronger there, meaning that other realities out there had the threat of the Wraith receiving the message and coming to Earth.[1]
Aftermath[]
This leads to the Battle of the Super-hive in another reality where a Super-hive did receive the message and attacked Earth before being destroyed by the Lt. Colonel John Sheppard of that reality with a Nuclear warhead from the inside.[1]