Michael Kenmore

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"What I am is not a disease you can cure."

—Michael

Michael Kenmore is the name of the Wraith who was transformed into a human by the crew of the Atlantis expedition. Michael is played by Connor Trinneer

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Introduction and the Wraith alliance 1.2 Super Wraith 1.3 Hybrids and kidnapping the Athosians 1.4 Downfall 2 Alternate realities 3 Personality 4 Assets 5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Introduction and the Wraith alliance

The transformation was made possible by using a Iratus bug retrovirus developed by Dr. Carson Beckett and his team. It suppresses the Wraith DNA and allows the human DNA that the Iratus bug absorbed to come through. Originally when he turned into a human, he lost all of his former Wraith memories as well. The Atlantis team thought it wiser not to divulge this information to him, Michael eventually learned about his Wraith origins. Michael then kidnapped Teyla Emmagan and escapes .Teyla Emmagan was rescued while returning to his hive although Michael got away and returned to the Wraith. (ATL: "Michael")

Upon telling his queen of the retrovirus, their hive allied with the Expedition on the pretense of using it to feed on other Wraith. The alliance, however, was a trap to learn the location of Earth, and acquire a means of getting there. (ATL: "Allies")

Mistrusted by his hive and queen, who now saw him as an aberration, Michael chose to ally with Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard in his attempts to stop the hive ships from reaching Earth, as well as rescuing Dex and Rodney McKay. They were successful, with Michael suggesting that they use the gas on his hive. (ATL: "No Man's Land")

Still mistrusted by the Expedition, Michael was forced back onto the retrovirus, and grouped with the other transformed Wraith. He and about thirty others suspected something was wrong, and killed the squad assigned to guard Doctor Carson Beckett. Having already begun to revert, the Wraith summoned another hive. Sheppard ordered Rodney McKay to orbitally bombard the surface of the planet they were on to prevent any Wraith from leaving. Michael was presumed killed. (ATL: "Misbegotten")

[edit] Super Wraith

"So now I find myself hunted by both humans and Wraith. So you can understand my need to protect myself -- to survive."

—Michael Kenmore

It was later discovered that Michael had indeed survived the attack and was transported onto the other Wraith Hive Ship that arrived on the scene. However, after being rescued, Michael was seen with suspicion by the other Wraith who realized that he was not 'clean' or 'pure' due to the Human taint in his DNA. He barely managed to escape with his life from the Hive Ship after being rejected by the Wraith he began setting up labs on four planets and experimenting with the Iratus bug and created genetically engineered species to take over the galaxy, one of which was settled by the Taranians after they fled Taranis. Atlantis 1 went to investigate their disappearance, and encountered Michael. Atlantis 1 barely escaped with their lives, but Michael and his army were forced to abandon the planet through the Stargate.(ATL: "Vengeance")

[edit] Hybrids and kidnapping the Athosians

Main article: Michael's crusade

"Just another dead world destroyed by the wraith abandoned by the survivors forgotten by both, a perfect place to conduct my work."

—Michael Kenmore

After the incident, Michael greatly altered his plans to galactic domination. He believed that the initial experiments were crude and altered the retrovirus to create a newer life form that was a perfect balance between Humans and Wraith. This would be a being that was far stronger then a normal Human but lacked the one weakness of the Wraith; the need to feed. The process was tested on himself and Michael lost his feeding organ in his arm. His plan was to bring about the extermination of the Wraith and replacing them with Michael's hybrids who would become the new dominant race in the galaxy. He also somehow managed to get his hands on a Wraith Cruiser which acted as his main mode of transport until it was destroyed by the Daedalus.

He was responsible for the abduction of the Athosian people for his experiments in a plot that revolved around Teyla's pregnancy. He was also responsible for the creation of a clone of Carson Beckett and used the clone's memories to make use of the Hoffan Drug. After re-engineering the drug, he began a covert campaign of distributing it around numerous Human worlds who suffered a 30% fatality rate from this new 'galaxy sweeping' plague. Many Wraith Hives would continue their culling and abduct these Humans as well as feed upon them but would die in the process after being poisoned by the drug.

He engineered an elaborate scheme to capture Teyla by entering her dreams through telepathy that spanned 10,000 light years where he used an illusion of Kanaan, the father of her child, to leave clues for her. Michael dispatched a Dart to capture her and bring her aboard his cruiser where he revealed his plans and stated that she and her child had an important part for the future. His Cruiser headed towards his base of operations. However the Earth vessel Daedalus was in orbit with a brief firefight until Michael retreated into hyperspace.

Michael took his ship to a dead world whose people were destroyed by the Wraith. There, he had another one of his laboratories to create more Hybrids in his quest for galactic domination. He showed great concern over Teyla's child due to the fact that it was the offspring of two individuals with the 'Gift'. This made it important for his plans to further enhance his Hybrids. He eventually discovered that the Atlantis Expedition had uncovered his base of operations and decided to terminate the individuals undergoing the process rather then leave any loose ends to be found. He took Teyla back to his ship in order to escape during an assault by Atlantis's flagship team. After Teyla's guards were killed by the clone of Carson Beckett, Michael came to take Teyla away. He revealed that in all his creations, like Beckett's clone, he implanted a biological imperative that made them susceptible to his telepathic influence which meant the clone could not kill him. He stunned the clone and took Teyla to his ship where they escaped from the world. (ATL: "The Kindred")

After returning from the future, Sheppard was able to use the information he had learned from the alternate reality to go to the planet where Michael planned to take Teyla so she could give birth. Sheppard and his team arrived before Michael and Teyla had arrived but they triggered a booby trap set by Michael that caused the complex to implode. At the point the trap was triggered, Michael was sent an automated message informing him of this. He traveled to the planet to retrieve any survivors and torture them for information. Teyla confronted him about his plans for her and he seemed to almost regret that he was going to have to kill her as he had a hard time bringing himself to tell her saying he'd hoped she would understand, indicating that perhaps on some level he still does care about her after their brief friendship when he was human.

[edit] Downfall

Main article: Battle of M2S-445

Just as his drones were about to retrieve the last two survivors (Sheppard & Ronan) they were beamed away by the recently arrived Daedalus. Just before they had beamed the survivors, Michael attempted to escape but the Daedalus was able to disable its hyperdrive engine just before he jumped into hyperspace. As the Daedalus had to drop its shields to beam the survivors, Michael's ship was able to cause considerable damage to it, disabling Sublight and Hyperdrive engines as well as Asgard weapons. As only the shields were going to hold for a short time, the Daedalus launched an F-302 strike against Michael's cruiser to which darts were launched in response. This attack disabled the cruisers main weapons as well as allowing a cloaked jumper with Sheppard, Ronan and Mckay aboard. This strike team was able to rescue Teyla(with the help of Kanaan) and escape in Wraith dart as well as permanently disabling the cruisers hyperdrive engines. As soon as the team was confirmed safe, a recently repaired Daedelus destroyed Michael's cruiser although his fate remains unknown. (ATL: "Search and Rescue")

[edit] Alternate realities

"You know the irony is I never asked for any of this."

—Michael Kenmore

In an alternate timeline where Sheppard was stuck 48,000 years in the future, Michael killed Teyla after giving birth to her child. The baby was all he needed to perfect the hybrids. He swiftly tainted the Wraith food supply and brought them to their knees. With his combined army of hybrids and coerced Wraith, he took over the Pegasus galaxy. Earth was reluctant to mount a strong defense against Michael, finally committing the new ship Phoenix, which was destroyed. Deciding the situations was unsalvageable, they eventually abandoned the Pegasus galaxy. (ATL: "The Last Man")

Due to Colonel Sheppard returning to his own time before he could kill Teyla, these events never came to pass due to Colonel Sheppard, Dr. McKay and Ronon rescuing her with help from the Daedalus along with her child.

[edit] Personality

"You kill to protect yourself and your own. So do I. Of course, circumstances require me to do it on a slightly larger scale, but the principle is still the same."

—Michael Kenmore.

Michael was devoted to his own survival. (ATL: "Michael", "No Man's Land") At one point, he stated that he had no trouble in dying as long as he saw his enemy's destroyed in the process. (ATL: "Vengeance")

The two times when he was converted into a Human has made him deeply resentful of the Atlantis Expedition for what they had done to him. (ATL: " Michael", "Misbegotten") This was enhanced after his near death at the hands of his fellow Wraith as they rejected him for the Human they could smell on him. This forced Michael into extreme measures in order to survive. (ATL: "Vengeance")

It's been stated by Michael on one occasion that he did not wish any of this action and that he only wished to have rejoined his fellow Wraith. (ATL: "The Last Man")

It should be stressed that this was in an alternate future timeline and as such it might have developed when Michael dominated the galaxy.

The one person that Michael feels any connection with is Teyla Emmagan; at one time he considered himself foolish for trusting her but he believed that she was the closest person who could understand what he had been through. (ATL: " Michael", "The Kindred")

[edit] Assets

• Michael's cruiser (destroyed)

[edit] External links

• GateWorld's article on Micheal Kenmore in The Stargate Omnipedia