USAF Daedalus
The USAF-Daedalus was the first ship of her class.
History
2005
The Daedalus was first launched in mid-2005 when Stargate Command learned that the Wraith were going to attack Atlantis. After SG-1 got the ZPM from ancient Egypt, they used it to dial to Atlantis and send a squad of Marines and railguns to defend Atlantis until the Daedalus arrived. The Daedalus was equipped with a ZPM so that it could reach Atlantis in four days as opposed to the normal eighteen days. When the Daedalus arrived, they beamed Sheppard out of the Jumper he was in as it entered the Hive-Ship. Colonel Caldwell had the ZPM beamed down to Atlantis and installed while he took care of the other ships. The Daedalus beamed a nuclear device into the remaining Hive-Ship. The cruisers promptly retreated and the darts attempting to destroy Atlantis in a kamikaze run which was unsuccessful. The Daedalus' next mission was to intercept twelve Hive-Ships and their cruiser escorts. The Daedalus managed to destroy two Hive-Ships by beaming nukes onboard before the Wraith jammed the Asgard Transporters. The Daedalus immediately retreated back to Atlantis. [1] A few weeks later, the Daedalus crew discovered that the Daedalus had been infected with a Wraith computer virus that attempted to kill the crew and deliver the Daedalus into Wraith hands. In order to eradicate the virus, the long range sensors and subsace comm array had to be destroyed. The virus was ultimately eradicated when Sheppard and McKay destroyed the F-302 that the virus took over.[2] The Daedalus also protected Sheppard and McKay while they were fleeing from Dorounda when Project Arcturus was about to explode.[3] The Daedalus also took Sheppards team to the location of the Ancient Warship Aurora. When they arrived, they saw a Wraith Scout Ship next to the Aurora and destroyed the scout with utter ease. It subsequently detected two Cruisers on route. The Daedalus withdrew, but not before Shepard got the Aurora self destruct code and detonated the ship destroying the Wraith Cruisers.[4] Several weeks later, the Daedalus was sent to destroy a Hive Ship with Sheppard's team onboard it. When they arrived Edowin, they discovered that there were two Hove Ships there instead of just one. Caldwell decided to engage the ships anyways, though ultimately Col. Sheppard managed use the distrust between the two hives to his advantage and escape while the ships destroyed each other.[5] The Daedalus was returning to Earth from a resupply mission when they recieved a message from Stargate Command about a bomb that the Trust had placed placed inside Atlantis. it later returned to Atlantis to aid in the investigation and later ferry people away from Atlantis. it was later revealed that Colonel Caldwell was an unwilling agent of the Trust who had disabled the safeties on the ZPM so that it would overload. [6]
2006
In early 2006, the Daedalus was sent to Tegalus to see the what had becoming of the two nations on the planets.[7] During one visit to Atlantis, Hermiod felt the need to affect repairs to the Daedalus' hyperdrive.[8] The Daedalus also evacuated several hundred people from the planet Taranis when a supervolcano was going to erupt.[9]
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