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|race=[[Asuran]]
  
|race=[[Asuran]]
 
|home planet=[[Asuras]]
  
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|allegiances=*[[Asuran]]s
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|appearances=[[Progeny]], [[The Real World]], [[The Return, Part 2]]
  
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*[[Tau'ri]]
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**[[Atlantis expedition]] (before being "reset")
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|appearances=''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'' <small>(3 episodes)</small>
 
|actor=[[John O'Callaghan]]
  
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'''Niam''' was a nontraditional [[Asuran]], part of a [[Niam's faction|small group]] who wished to [[Ascension|Ascend]] by repressing the aggression programming in them.
   
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==Biography==
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'''Niam''' was an untraditional [[Asurans|Asuran]], part of a small group who wished to [[Ascension|Ascend]] by repressing the aggression programming in them.
  
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===2006===
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When the [[Atlantis expedition]] sends a [[M.A.L.P.]] through the [[Stargate]] to [[Asuras]], Niam communicates with them through it, telling the expedition that if they come in peace, they are most welcome. When the [[First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team]] and [[Doctor]] [[Elizabeth Weir]] come to Asuras, Niam greets them and takes them to meet with the High Council, led by [[Oberoth]]. Along the way, Niam tells the team some facts about the Asuran city, the number of Asurans and how many [[ZPM]]s they have. Niam's interest is drawn when the team mentions the [[Ancient]]s achieving [[Ascension]] due to his own desire to do so.
   
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When [[AR-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 AR-1. He then showed [[Elizabeth Weir]] the origins of the Asurans. After telling them of the Asurans origins, he proposed a trade: if [[Meredith Rodney McKay|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 AR-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 ejected him into space. The few nanites he introduced into Weir nearly killed her, but she lived. {{Cite|ATL|Progeny|The Real World}}
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After the meeting with the High Council, Niam escorts the team to living quarters and indicates to them his own dissension with Oberoth's beliefs. He is later surprised when Oberoth betrays the team and in [[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]'s fantasy, is used as a hostage to help them escape. After Oberoth takes the [[Asuran city-ship]] to destroy [[Atlantis]], Niam convinces his leader to spare the team and explains the situation to them. Niam shows Weir through a mental link the true history of the Asurans and he and [[Niam's faction|his faction]] offer a deal wherein Doctor [[Rodney McKay]] removes the aggression command from their base code and they convince Oberoth to stop the attack on Atlantis. McKay is able to remove the directive from Niam who will spread it to the other Asurans in their periodic updates, but also comes up with a way to freeze all of the Asurans. Niam alone is unaffected and while confused, realizes that there's no guarantee he can convince Oberoth to desist and aids McKay in setting up a ZPM overload to destroy the city. As the Asurans start to unfreeze, the team and Niam escape in a [[Puddle Jumper]] as the city explodes behind them.
   
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On the Puddle Jumper, Weir reassures Niam that he did the right thing, but Niam warns everybody that the Replicators on his homeworld know what he's done and are resetting him. With his aggression restored, Niam immediately starts strangling Weir before Sheppard knocks him into the back of the Jumper and blows Niam out into space {{cite|SGA|Progeny}}
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After the Asuran attack on Atlantis, AR-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 [[Anti-Replicator Gun|ARG]]. {{Cite|ATL|The Return, Part 2}}
  
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Shortly after the destruction of the Asuran city-ship, its discovered that Niam infected Weir with some [[nanite]]s when he strangled her in the Puddle Jumper. As Weir tries to make her way through the Stargate back to Atlantis in her dream world, the nanites infecting Weir take on the form of Niam to taunt her that they made Sheppard disappear and she can't defeat them. Weir walks through the image of Niam, causing it to collapse into Replicator blocks and goes through the Stargate, freeing herself from the nanites Niam infected her with. {{cite|SGA|The Real World}}
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When the Asurans take control of Atlantis, a plan is devised where the [[First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team]], Doctor [[Carson Beckett]] and Doctor Weir retrieve Niam from space and use him to upload another freezing program to the Asurans, allowing the team to kill them all at once with [[Anti-Replicator gun]]s. While the team successfully retrieves Niam, who has been rendered inactive by being left in space for months, [[Talus (Asuran)|Talus]] learns of the plan from probing [[Richard Woolsey]]'s mind. As a result, the Asurans reactivate Niam before McKay can upload the program. As Niam charges McKay, McKay shoots him with an ARG, causing Niam to collapse into nanite dust and killing Niam, foiling the team's plan to defeat the Asurans. {{cite|SGA|The Return, Part 2}}
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===2007===
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After Weir is mortally injured following the [[Asuran Stargate satellite]] attack on [[Atlantis]], [[Doctor]] [[Jennifer Keller]] reminds [[Doctor]] [[Rodney McKay]] of the nanites Niam infected her with and suggests reactivating them to heal Weir. McKay eventually reprograms Niam's nanites to be non-harmful to Weir and to heal her, but they leave her part-Replicator as a result. {{cite|SGA|Adrift}}
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In order to buy Sheppard, Ronon and McKay time to escape, Weir uses her new abilities to link with [[Oberoth]] and take control of the Replicator collective. Oberoth is shocked by her ability to do this and Weir explains how Niam had infected her with nanites which they had then reprogramed to suit their needs. After being informed of this fact by Weir, Oberoth notes he can sense the nanites now, having not previously been aware of Niam's actions after he was reset. {{cite|SGA|Lifeline}}
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==Appearances==
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" width="100%"
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! Appearances for Niam
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In chronological order:
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*''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]''
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**[[Atlantis Season 3|Season 3]]
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***"[[Progeny]]"
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***"[[The Real World]]"
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***"[[The Return, Part 1]]" {{m}}
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***"[[The Return, Part 2]]"
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**[[Atlantis Season 4|Season 4]]
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***"[[Lifeline]]" {{m}}
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***"[[This Mortal Coil]]" {{m}}
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***"[[Be All My Sins Remember'd]]" {{m}}
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**[[Atlantis Season 5|Season 5]]
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***"[[Ghost in the Machine]]" {{m}}
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==Trivia==
  
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*Curiously enough, '''''Niam''''' backwards reads '''''Main''''', and he is one of the main Asurans
  
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*Niam is the first known being killed by [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]]. Unlike the other members of Sheppard's team, McKay is not known to have killed anyone before he destroyed Niam with an [[Anti-Replicator gun]].
 
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Revision as of 22:16, 5 July 2020

Niam was a nontraditional Asuran, part of a small group who wished to Ascend by repressing the aggression programming in them.

Biography

2006

When the Atlantis expedition sends a M.A.L.P. through the Stargate to Asuras, Niam communicates with them through it, telling the expedition that if they come in peace, they are most welcome. When the First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team and Doctor Elizabeth Weir come to Asuras, Niam greets them and takes them to meet with the High Council, led by Oberoth. Along the way, Niam tells the team some facts about the Asuran city, the number of Asurans and how many ZPMs they have. Niam's interest is drawn when the team mentions the Ancients achieving Ascension due to his own desire to do so.

After the meeting with the High Council, Niam escorts the team to living quarters and indicates to them his own dissension with Oberoth's beliefs. He is later surprised when Oberoth betrays the team and in Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's fantasy, is used as a hostage to help them escape. After Oberoth takes the Asuran city-ship to destroy Atlantis, Niam convinces his leader to spare the team and explains the situation to them. Niam shows Weir through a mental link the true history of the Asurans and he and his faction offer a deal wherein Doctor Rodney McKay removes the aggression command from their base code and they convince Oberoth to stop the attack on Atlantis. McKay is able to remove the directive from Niam who will spread it to the other Asurans in their periodic updates, but also comes up with a way to freeze all of the Asurans. Niam alone is unaffected and while confused, realizes that there's no guarantee he can convince Oberoth to desist and aids McKay in setting up a ZPM overload to destroy the city. As the Asurans start to unfreeze, the team and Niam escape in a Puddle Jumper as the city explodes behind them.

On the Puddle Jumper, Weir reassures Niam that he did the right thing, but Niam warns everybody that the Replicators on his homeworld know what he's done and are resetting him. With his aggression restored, Niam immediately starts strangling Weir before Sheppard knocks him into the back of the Jumper and blows Niam out into space (SGA: "Progeny")

Shortly after the destruction of the Asuran city-ship, its discovered that Niam infected Weir with some nanites when he strangled her in the Puddle Jumper. As Weir tries to make her way through the Stargate back to Atlantis in her dream world, the nanites infecting Weir take on the form of Niam to taunt her that they made Sheppard disappear and she can't defeat them. Weir walks through the image of Niam, causing it to collapse into Replicator blocks and goes through the Stargate, freeing herself from the nanites Niam infected her with. (SGA: "The Real World")

When the Asurans take control of Atlantis, a plan is devised where the First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team, Doctor Carson Beckett and Doctor Weir retrieve Niam from space and use him to upload another freezing program to the Asurans, allowing the team to kill them all at once with Anti-Replicator guns. While the team successfully retrieves Niam, who has been rendered inactive by being left in space for months, Talus learns of the plan from probing Richard Woolsey's mind. As a result, the Asurans reactivate Niam before McKay can upload the program. As Niam charges McKay, McKay shoots him with an ARG, causing Niam to collapse into nanite dust and killing Niam, foiling the team's plan to defeat the Asurans. (SGA: "The Return, Part 2")

2007

After Weir is mortally injured following the Asuran Stargate satellite attack on Atlantis, Doctor Jennifer Keller reminds Doctor Rodney McKay of the nanites Niam infected her with and suggests reactivating them to heal Weir. McKay eventually reprograms Niam's nanites to be non-harmful to Weir and to heal her, but they leave her part-Replicator as a result. (SGA: "Adrift")

In order to buy Sheppard, Ronon and McKay time to escape, Weir uses her new abilities to link with Oberoth and take control of the Replicator collective. Oberoth is shocked by her ability to do this and Weir explains how Niam had infected her with nanites which they had then reprogramed to suit their needs. After being informed of this fact by Weir, Oberoth notes he can sense the nanites now, having not previously been aware of Niam's actions after he was reset. (SGA: "Lifeline")

Appearances

Appearances for Niam

In chronological order:

Trivia

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  • Niam is the first known being killed by Dr. Rodney McKay. Unlike the other members of Sheppard's team, McKay is not known to have killed anyone before he destroyed Niam with an Anti-Replicator gun.
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