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PLOT 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 just having problems 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. 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 valley, turned out to be the Caldera of this volcano. Because of this revalation, Rodney determines that the extended use of the shield over the last year, and the resulting drain on the geothermal energy of this volcano, has critically accelerated the erruption which would normally not have occurred for up to 100,000 years. As a result of this, the team begins evacuating the people back to Atlantis. While transferring the first wave, however, a lava pocket opens up directly under the Stargate , burying it under molten rock. Because of this, Atlantis contacts the ''Daedalus'' , which is just returning from Earth, and re-routes it to this planet. The Daedalus, however, cannot evacuate everyone at once, and must make four trips. Rodney feels this will take too long and decides to try to repair the engines of an Ancient ship that is docked in an underground bay and simply fly off of the planet. Unfortunately, some of the natives grow impatient, and take their chances seeking refuge in the wilderness. Teyla and Ronon try to evacuate the last of the natives, but the tunnel leading to the Ancient ship is blocked. Fortunately, they are beamed up to the Daedalus before the poisonous gas released by the volcanic activity can kill them. Meanwhile in Atlantis the expedition team learns from Dr. Zelenka that a Wraith Hive ship is on it's way towards the city, increasing the pressure on McKay to successfully repair the Ancient ship. In the end, however, Rodney is unable to make the repairs in time and has found that a river of lava has overrun the bay doors, making it impossible to fly out anyway. Instead, he manages to power the ship's shields for four seconds, and re-routes power to the Hyperdrive engines. These four seconds will give Rodney enough time so that the explosion of the volcano will thrust the ship, which Sheppard named the ''Orion'' , high enough to engage the hyperdrive for a microsecond, propelling them into orbit, and saving everyone on board. Upon returning to Atlantis, Rodney and a team of scientists begin working on the ''Orion'' in hopes of fully repairing it. NOTES
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