The Skirmish on the desert planet was an event that took place in 2009 during the Tau'ri-Wraith war.
Prelude[]
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Battle[]
After learning of the human interest in an uninhabited planet, presumably through a Wraith worshipper planted amongst the Genii, the Wraith of Queen Death's faction sent a hive ship to the planet with five Wraith Darts patrolling the planet's Stargate. As soon as the Puddle Jumper carrying Dahlia Radim, Doctor Carson Beckett, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and Teyla Emmagan emerged from the Stargate, it came under immediate attack by the Wraith Darts. Surrounded by Darts, Sheppard took the Puddle Jumper into a series of crazy maneuvers, desperately looking for an opening to escape. Taking fire, Sheppard took the Puddle Jumper towards space before engaging the cloak and suddenly diving towards the ground. While the trick fools the Wraith Darts, the damage they caused to the Puddle Jumper causes Sheppard to lose main propulsion, the vertical stabilizers and the DHD, all of which they are unable to repair. Using only the auxiliary steering thrusters, Sheppard manages to land the Puddle Jumper in a canyon where the cloak prevents the Wraith Darts from detecting them. With no way to repair the Puddle Jumper, no other choice and with the Wraith Darts searching for them, the team decides to remain inside the Puddle Jumper until the Wraith leave, knowing the cloak will shield their life-signs from the Wraith. Finally, after over seven hours without success, the Wraith Darts return to the hive ship and it departs into hyperspace. However, the Puddle Jumper is left beyond the team's ability to repair and they are forced to make their way to the crashed Lantean cruiser located on the planet and use its hyperdrive to return to Atlantis. (SGA: "The Lost")
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