In 2006, a Wraith faction proposed an alliance with the Atlantis Expedition after Dr. Beckett tested his Iratus bug retrovirus on Michael Kenmore and he returned to the Wraith with the knowledge that Atlantis still existed. The alliance was turbulent as the Wraith were actually using the alliance to gather two key pieces of information: the Aurora mission report, in order to work out how to upgrade the Wraith hyperdrive, and the location of Earth, by planting a spyware computer virus into the Atlantis database.

Whilst on the "allied" Hive Ship to over see the deployment of the retrovirus gas on an "enemy" Hive Ship, Ronon Dex and Rodney McKay were captured. Meanwhile, the Daedalus fell victim to a surprise attack by both Hive Ships as they immediately opened fire on the Daedalus the moment the ship came out of hyperspace. In an attempt to resist the two Hives, the Daedalus opened fire using all main railgun batteries and a squadron of four F-302s was launched to deal with the incoming wave of darts. Before the Wraith promptly withdrew from the engagement, John Sheppard, who was attempting to blow up the Hives' hyperdrives, used an F-302 and latched onto the hull of one of the Hive Ships before it took off into hyperspace. (Read more...)