While surveying the city for damage following a massive storm, a team of scientists led by Dr. Rodney McKay discovers a laboratory left behind by the Ancients. During their exploration, they inadvertently release a —a swarm of microscopic machines designed as a biological weapon—that causes victims to experience terrifying hallucinations before dying of massive brain aneurysms exactly six hours after exposure.
David Hewlett (Dr. Rodney McKay), Joe Flanigan (Major John Sheppard), Torri Higginson (Dr. Elizabeth Weir), and Paul McGillion (Dr. Carson Beckett). Plot Summary [S1E13] Hot Zone
Who created the human killing nano virus in Stargate Atlantis? While surveying the city for damage following a