With the Z.P.M. powering Atlantis, minor systems have gradually been reactivated. Among these is a homing beacon designed to guide stray ships back to Atlantis. The Ancient warship Aurora has been targeted on deep space sensors as being located on the edge of the Pegasus Galaxy. Weir enlists the Daedalus to transport Colonel Sheppard and his team to the warship Once aboard his team finds the entire crew in stasis pods. After Dr. McKay reactivates internal ship life support he realizes that the crew is now so old that removing them from the pods would kill them. But their minds are active. Apparently the crew is sharing conscious thoughts despite the fact that they are in stasis. With Teyla and Ronon's help, McKay places Sheppard into a stasis pod to communicate with the others, with instructions on how to remove himself at any time.Once inside the colonel, in an Ancient uniform, encounters a member of the Aurora crew who says he has entered a restricted area. An escort team takes him to the bridge where Sheppard is introduced to the captain. It is soon clear that none of the crew realize they are in stasis.
Suspicious of his presence and motives, the captain orders Sheppard confined to a brig. There, the colonel pleads his case, making reference of the fact that the Aurora departed Lantean space following the sinking of the city during the Siege. The captain informs Sheppard that the Aurora crew has a vital piece of information on how to damage Wraith technology. With this in mind the first officer, Trebal, insists that work on the hyperdrive continue so that they can return to the city. Sheppard is left alone. | 
