Stargate Atlantis/Recap/S03 E16 The Ark

"Perhaps the only way to preserve your people now is to preserve their memory. If you die, they will be forgotten. Their deaths will go unrecorded, and the Wraith will have won. Or leave here with us now, and keep the spirit of your people alive inside you. Document their achievements, their struggles and triumphs. Tell their story to anyone who will listen. The choice is yours."

- Teyla

Tropes:
"Lorne: I think he’s crazy. The thing’s how many hundred years old? And it’s out of fuel.
 * Ace Pilot / Improbable Piloting Skills: Sheppard decides to pilot what basically amounts to a flaming rock because he "always wanted to fly a space shuttle." And it works, somehow.

Ronon: He said he could fly it."


 * The Ark
 * Continuous Decompression: Played straight when Herick tries to vent all of the moon's atmosphere - then averted with McKay's chamber. When he sees the Ominous Crack, he just puts on his space helmet, holds onto the door handle for a few seconds while the air escapes, then opens the door and leaves.
 * Driven to Suicide
 * Ominous Crack
 * Reentry Scare
 * Teleporters and Transporters: The inhabitants of the Ark are stored in a Wraith beaming device.
 * You Had Us Worried There