Wraith technology
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- This article provides a more exhaustive list of the fictional technologies used by the Wraith race in the Stargate universe.
- For a listing of their more prominent technologies see the main technology article.
Data storage device
A device similar to a portable flash drive, the devices are capable of storing massive amounts of data, usually star charts and reports.The Genii had recovered one of these devices from a Dart that had been shot down. After a time, the Genii were able to fashion a visual interface to access the device, locating a Wraith hive-ship which had been used by a Genii/Atlantis expedition strike force to access the hive-ship's computer system. The intelligence recovered from this endeavor yielded that 60 operational Wraith hive-ships existed in the Pegasus galaxy.
Self-Destruct Device
A Wraith warrior's armor includes a device built into the chestplate (or wristguard depending on the type of Wraith) that, when depressed, will create an explosion capable of vaporizing its body. This makes it next to impossible to take a Wraith hostage. However, it often is not able to destroy the Wraith's weapon, allowing it to be recovered by another Wraith or a member of the Atlantis team.Tracker
This is a small, organic tracking device that the Wraith can use to track a target from far away. One such device was surgically implanted into Ronon Dex's back. This allowed the Wraith to track him from over a star system away, so they were able to follow him even if he went through the Stargate. This made him a "Runner". It is possible that more Runners are out in the Pegasus galaxy being hunted by the Wraith using these devices.Wraith scout
Not much is known about the Wraith scout. They are larger than the darts but much much smaller than the cruisers, serving as short-range transport vessels. They are carried by hive-ships, but do function independently ("Aurora") suggesting that they have hyperdrives.It is possible that the small Wraith transport ship that was used to in season 2 finale episode was a Wraith scoutship however this is simple speculation.
Wraith cruiser
Not much is known about the Wraith cruiser. They appear to be used as interstellar scouts to locations with no known Stargate or as transports for the victims of a culling. Typically, the cruisers are used to flank a Wraith attack squadron, as seen by Major Sheppard in a reconnaissance mission.Wraith supply ship
Used by the Wraith in the Ancient war, these ships carried hundreds, possibly thousands of Wraith victims, to be fed on at a later date. The crashed wreckage of one was seen in "The Defiant One", but the lack of an appearance of one since then seems to prove McKay's theory that that model has been discontinued.Wraith dart
The Wraith Dart is a small vessel used most times for culling. A culling beam sweeps along the ground and turns human life into energy, much like the Stargate, saving the humans to be rematerialized in an incapacitated state and fed upon later. The culling beam can also be used to transport Wraith soldiers when adapted, beaming them down while the dart is still in motion, as seen in "The Siege (Part 2)." Darts are stored in a Wraith Hive-Ship and are capable of incredible speeds. In the event that the Dart's Wraith Hive-Ship is destroyed, the Dart will make a kamikaze run, as in "The Siege (Part 3)." The Dart has a built-in DHD like the Puddle Jumper to be able to dial and power the orbital Stargates; this technology was stolen from the Ancients. A Dart can be identified from a distance by the loud humming noise it makes.
The ceiling of a Dart's cockpit is actually an opaque forcefield, acting as a Head-Up Display for the pilot ("The Lost Boys").
Wraith hive-ship
The Wraith hive-ship is one of the largest known spacecraft and the centerpiece of Wraith civilization. The ships themselves have powerful energy beam weapons capable of destroying medium-sized unshielded targets, such as defense platforms.
Despite their mass, hive-ships can land on planets. It has been evidenced that hive-ships can remain buried under forest growth and act as a colony ship, where the Wraith hibernate for generations to centuries at a time.
Each hive vessel has been demonstrated to act as a carrier vessel, and functions as a base of operations for three cruisers and untold numbers of Wraith Darts. The hive-ships are hyperspace capable, though it should be noted that their hyperspace technology is not as advanced as the Ancients or Asgard, requiring them to make only short jumps through hyperspace. The Daedalus, for instance, has a more efficient hyperspace drive; due to the Asgard hyperdrive, the Daedalus traversed the distance between the Earth and the Pegasus galaxy in eighteen days, something that a hive-ship would take centuries to do. This limitation in their hyperspace drives is what has confined the Wraith to the Pegasus galaxy for ten thousand years. Yet in No Man's Land, after the Wraith capture the knowledge for faster hyperspace engines from Atlantis' computers, Dr. Zelenka states that the hive ships still need to take brakes from hyperspace travel so that the organic parts of the ship can recover for hyperspace radiation.
When the Atlantis expedition arrived there were over 60 hive-ships in Atlantis' quadrant of the pegasus galaxy, it is unkown how many total are in the pegasus galaxy. However this number has been reduced over time.
Wraith probe
A small ball-like device which is used by the Wraith to scan planets and things on them. Only one such probe was seen in the first Season episode "Childhood's End", where it scanned the area where Sheppard's team was and also their Puddle Jumper.Wraith stunner
Wraith hand-weapons are called "Stunners," designed not to kill a target, but to temporarily paralyze them for later culling.Stunners are roughly the size of a Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon, with a bayonet type point protruding from the aft, requiring that the operator use two hands for proper use. The bayonet-type point can be used to kill targets, including the Wraith. The beam that comes from a Wraith Stunner looks remarkably like the Ancient disruptor weapon used against the Replicators (which in turn is a low-power variant of the Dakara Superweapon), suggesting reverse engineering.
The Wraith are also susceptible to this weapon, although they have the ability to recover from a discharge faster than a human, depending on how recently the Wraith has fed. People who have been injected with a large dose of Wraith Enzyme (e.g., Ford) are also immune to stunners, though the immunity wears off as the enzyme leaves their bodies.
There is also a more portable pistol version of this weapon, lacking a bayonet, and a similar sized but slimmer rifle type version that again lacks the bayonet but slightly resembles a club, possibly implying that it has use as a melee weapon.
By killing many Wraith (The Siege part 1), the Atlantis team is now in possession of many stunners, of all three models.
Wraith transporter
The Wraith transporter is installed in the Wraith Darts so that a single Wraith in a vessel small enough to pass through a Stargate can cull many humans for the hive-ship. It takes the form of a shining surface; anything that enters the surface is dematerialized and stored in the rear of the Dart. Upon returning to the hive-ship, the victims are rematerialized for feeding or long-term storage. It can also be used offensively as seen during 'The Brotherhood' and 'The Siege' in which multiple Wraith were beamed down by Darts directly into the city.Wraith grenade
The Wraith grenade, first seen in the season 1 episode "The Defiant One", appears to be a typical explosive, only of Wraith design. It is rarely used since a dead human is of no use to the Wraith; only living humans can have the life sucked out of them. Evidence suggests it was heavily used in the war with the Ancients, and it appears that Wraith do use the grenade when hunting Runners; it is possible that Runners are unpalatable and hence there is no harm in killing them.They are activated by pulling the two halves apart, twisting 1/4 turn and pushing back together. After activation, there is first a ticking sound of increasing frequency for a few seconds while the crystals on the side glow steadily, this is replaced with a slower ticking (about 3-4 per second) with the crystals flash at the same rate. shortly thereafter the device explodes with a force similar to a human hand grenade.
The device can also be used as a mine, by activating it, and then bury it in the ground so all the crystals on the sides are covered, and one crystal is level with the ground, and something the target is likely to pick up covering it. When this crystal is uncovered, the grenade explodes shortly thereafter.
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