Inferno

"Inferno" is an episode from Season 2 of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. Atlantis is contacted by a planet that claims to have Ancient technology and is in need of their help to fix it. When Sheppard and his team arrive on the planet they find that there is actually an Ancient outpost which is protected by an Atlantis size shield, but that the inhabitants have apparently run into a problem operating it. The problem, h... more

"Inferno" is an episode from Season 2 of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. Atlantis is contacted by a planet that claims to have Ancient technology and is in need of their help to fix it. When Sheppard and his team arrive on the planet they find that there is actually an Ancient outpost which is protected by an Atlantis size shield, but that the inhabitants have apparently run into a problem operating it. The problem, however, turns out to be much bigger than merely powering the shield. As it turns out, the outpost has long-range Ancient sensors just as Atlantis does, and after detecting the increased Wraith activity a year ago, the people in the outpost began running the shield continuously. The problem was, however, that the shield was powered by a massive geothermal core and never designed to be used permanently. As McKay discovers, what the people thought to be a simple geothermal pocket was in fact a Supervolcano, and what they thought was a large... less