The Skirmish on the Aurora was an event that took place in 2005 during the Tau'ri-Wraith war.
Prelude[]
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Battle[]
The Daedalus and the Aurora
After the Zero Point Module is installed in Atlantis, the city sends out a beacon to all ships instructing them to return to the city immediately. The Aurora receives the signal and becomes active making it appear on Atlantis' Long range sensors. As its no where near a Stargate, the Daedalus is dispatched to investigate it. Unfortunately the awakening of the Aurora alerts the Wraith to its presence and they dispatch a Wraith scout ship to investigate. A Wraith boards the ship, kills the First Officer, Trebal, and enters the VR program after messing with it to trick the crew into revealing how to upgrade hyperdrives from interstellar to intergalactic in order for the Wraith to be able to reach Earth. The Daedalus arrives and destroys the scout ship and Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and his team board the Aurora. Sheppard enters the VR and the Wraith does its best to prevent Sheppard and the Captain of Aurora from talking so Sheppard won't reveal the truth to him. Dr. Rodney McKay finds the Wraith and after freeing Sheppard in the VR and finding out that a message containing the Wraith's weakness has been deleted, he tries to disconnect the Wraith from the system while in the VR Sheppard tries to convince the Aurora's Captain of the truth. McKay manages to disconnect the Wraith and as it disconnects, in the VR it shifts partially into its true appearance which convinces the Captain. The Wraith wakes up and McKay runs while shooting at it. In the VR Sheppard explains the situation to the Captain along with the fact that the Daedalus detected two Wraith cruisers on the way, and the Captain, knowing the crew is beyond help but wanting to help still, gives Sheppard the Aurora 's self-destruct code explaining that the blast will be enough to destroy the cruisers. Sheppard exists the VR in time to kill the Wraith with his pistol. After setting the self-destruct, Sheppard and McKay beam back to the Daedalus just before the cruisers arrive and the Daedalus moves out of the way just in time before the Aurora explodes, destroying the two cruisers.[3]
Aftermath[]
Toast to the Aurora
Upon returning to Atlantis, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard led his team, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Colonel Steven Caldwell in a toast to the crew of the Aurora.[3]