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- "They operated on me -- put some sort of tracking device in my back and released me."
- —Ronon Dex
Wraith trackers, also known as a subspace tracking device, are implants used by the Wraith.
Overview
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These small devices were implanted surgically into the body where they emitted a subspace signal which was capable of being detected by the Wraith. This allowed them to detect the target through the resulting frequency being emitted from the target.
They were typically placed close to the spinal column in order to prevent the individual from cutting them out themselves.
HistoryEdit
The Wraith often implanted these trackers in Runners in order for their hunters to track their targets across the Pegasus galaxy. (ATL: "Sateda") Ronon Dex had one such device implanted in his body which meant he was hunted throughout the planets. (ATL: "Runner") Another one was placed in Ronon when he was recaptured by the Wraith and turned back into a Runner and set loose on his homeworld on Sateda. McKay was able to use the device and Atlants' sensors to determine where he was and Sheppard, McKay, Teyla and Dr. Beckett came to his rescue. After Ronon, Sheppard, Teyla and Beckett killed all of the enemy Wraith and escaped in a Puddle Jumper, Beckett removed it from Ronon once again.
Todd has shown an affinity for the device. He had a tracker implanted in his body and used it to summon his Hive ship when he was taken captive by the Atlantis expedition at Atlantis. (ATL: "The Seer") This same implant was triggered again to alert the First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team of his capture by a rival Hive. His enemies, however, cut the implant from his body. (ATL: "Spoils of War") He had the device replaced at some point as he used it to summon the team to a Wraith lab when he wanted to talk to them about the Hoffan drug outbreak. (ATL: "The Kindred, Part 1") Some time later he used it as a means for AR-1 and his hive to track him while he was on the Primary's hive. (ATL: "The Queen")
Dr. Keller was kidnapped by another Runner named Kiryk, who wanted her to treat a seriously ill little girl, and offered to remove his tracker from him. However, she was unable to remove it as it was attached to both his spinal column and brain stem. Keller instead shorted it out with a defibrillator, rendering it useless. (ATL: "Tracker")
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