Doranda
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Doranda (P3Y-79D) is a planet once controlled by the Ancients and a human population. They built at least one research facility there with a new energy source tapping directly into the vacuum energy of the universe, powering a weapon to fight the Wraith. It defended the planet in at least one battle, but then failed or malfunctioned causing the death of the researchers and possibly a large portion of the planet due to radiation. The survivors fled or evacuated through the Stargate or by ships. Ten thousand years later, the planet is discovered by the Atlantis Expedition.
obsessionalAR-1 do a recon of Doranda in 2006, after McKay finds an entry in the City's database indicating a past human/Ancient settlement with advanced energy technology. They find the remnants of the Arcturus project including the weapons platform. The SGC decides to attempt what the Ancients failed, but the first attempt to start the weapon accidentally kills Dr Collins, so Dr Weir decides to shut down the project. McKay and Sheppard persuades her to let them try one more time, this time adjusting the settings manually, but the test fails, the weapon overloading causing the planet and 5/6 of the solar system to be destroyed.
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