"The Return" (Parts 1 and 2) are episodes from Season 3 of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
With Atlantis's ZPM depleted, McKay and Samantha Carter devise an ingenious solution to solve the problem of transportation between the Pegasus and Milky Way galaxies. Using 34 Stargates from both galaxies, Stargate Command has constructed a massive chain of Stargates between the galaxies that would reduce the time to travel betwe...
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"The Return" (Parts 1 and 2) are episodes from Season 3 of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
With Atlantis's ZPM depleted, McKay and Samantha Carter devise an ingenious solution to solve the problem of transportation between the Pegasus and Milky Way galaxies. Using 34 Stargates from both galaxies, Stargate Command has constructed a massive chain of Stargates between the galaxies that would reduce the time to travel between Atlantis and Earth from three weeks to thirty minutes. The test is successful, but after Sheppard returns from the test, McKay detects strange readings on the Daedalus's sensors.
Upon closer examination, McKay finds out that the anomalous contact is actually an ''Aurora'' class battleship moving close to the speed of light. McKay hypothesizes that the ship is a damaged Ancient battleship making its way from Atlantis to Earth, but because its hyperdrive is damaged, it is forced to move at near lightspeed. Though the trip would take...
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