The Standoff on M4D-058 was an event that took place in 2007.
Prelude[]
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Battle[]
After discovering the Society research lab, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and Dr. Rodney McKay began influencing the lives of the people on M4D-058, believing it to be a game. McKay influenced the lives of the people of Geldar technologically while Sheppard pushed the people of Hallona to build up their military. The two countries, who had been at peace for a long time, developed tensions due to the machinations of Sheppard and McKay who were unaware that they were playing with real people's lives.
In 2007, Major Evan Lorne's team visited M4D-058 on a reconnaissance mission and discovered the Lantean observation satellites in orbit as well as McKay on the Geldar flag. This brought the truth about "the game" to light to the Atlantis expedition who intervened and attempted to prevent a war between the two sides. To this end, the Geldaran and Hallonan leaders, Nola and Baden were brought to Atlantis in an attempt to negotiate a peace. When this failed and with Geldar digging a mine that infringed upon Hallona's border, Baden used the lab console to order his army to attack the mine which the Geldarans gave up without a fight.
With the situation degenerating, McKay, Sheppard, Ronon Dex and Teyla Emmagan returned to M4D-058 to attempt to keep the two sides from going to war. With Ronon accompanying McKay in Geldar and Teyla accompanying Sheppard in Hallona, they tried to defuse the situation with no luck as Baden sent his army to attack Geldar's villages. In response, Nola attempted to send a dirigible armed with a bomb to destroy a Hallonan village, but Sheppard and Teyla managed to harmlessly shoot it down with a Puddle Jumper. The situation only escalated with Baden ordering his army to advance and Nola ordering more dirigibles armed with bombs.
At the same time, worried about the situation, Dr. Elizabeth Weir diverts the Daedalus to M4D-058 on its way back to Earth to check up on things. As the situation deteriorates, Colonel Steven Caldwell grows concerned that the team will become casualties of war and has them beamed to the Daedalus for their safety. Instead of giving up, Sheppard convinces Caldwell to help them enact a plan to prevent a war from happening. While on the Daedalus, McKay hacks into the portal computer terminals in Geldar and Hallona and uploads a doomsday scenario for each country into them before the Daedalus beams the team back. With the Daedalus firing pinpoint shots in both countries to add explosive realism, scenarios play out where the Geldar villages are overrun and destroyed by the Hallonan army while the Hallonans see their villages being bombed to destruction by the Geldar dirigibles. In both scenarios, hundreds of people die. Afterwards, the team reveals the truth to Nola and Baden, telling them that they needed the two leaders to see the terrible truth about what war is really like. The experience causes both sides to return to the negotiating table and begin working on building a peace with the help of Weir.[3]
Aftermath[]
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