Orion
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The Warship Orion (originally named after an Ancient General, Hippoforalcus) is built by the Ancients sometime during the Ancient-Wraith War, before the Ancients had lost all of their Outposts and before they sank Atlantis to the bottom of the Lantean sea. The ship is damaged in battle and sent to the Ancient Outpost on Tanaris for repairs. Repairs are never completed; the Ancients abandon Pegasus, evacuating to Earth.
seeking antebellumThe Warship has been sitting in an underground hangar on Tanaris for many centuries. The Tanarians have tried to repair some systems, but lack the knowledge and the ATA-gene necessary to complete these repairs. They show the Warship to AR-1 in late 2006, after First Contact is made.
When the supervolcano on Tanaris erupts, Colonel Sheppard and Dr McKay fix enough systems on the ship to save over a thousand people. The ship rides the shockwave of the eruption, with shields at full strenght, to get out of the hangar and clear of the lava flows. Then McKay activates a brief hyperspace window into orbit around Tanaris, and the Daedalus ferries the Tanarian refugees from the stalled ship (the engines are burned out) from the Warship to Atlantis. They rename the ship Orion. As thanks for their help to save his people, Chancellor Lycus gifts the Orion to the Lanteans. KNOWN CREWAtlantis Expedition | Tau'ri (2006-)
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