3 John Sheppard’s efforts to pilot a Puddle Jumper with a nuke on board to destroy a Wraith hive ship result in success, but he does not die. The Daedalus arrives and rescues Sheppard by the means of Asgard teleportation, and later uses the same technology both to deliver the Zero Point Module to Atlantis and to deploy another nuclear bomb onto the third and final hive ship, destroying it. First Lieutenant Aiden Ford becomes paranoid after realizing the Atlantis team is afraid of him because he has been injected with the Wraith enzyme and escapes through the Stargate in one of the Puddle Jumpers. It is discovered that twelve more hive ships are on their way to Atlantis. Daedalus attempts to intercept them, destroying two ships in the process, but is forced to retreat after the Wraith activate countermeasures which make it impossible to teleport nukes onto them. The Wraith then begin bombarding Atlantis again. A plan is made to beam a nuke directly above the city and then cloak the city, to make the Wraith think that Atlantis self-destructed. This plan works, and the Wraith fleet leaves. Production The first plot information about "The Siege, Part 2" was released in November, 2004. In the original script, Colonel Dillion Everett was supposed to be a recurring character in the series future along with his two United States Marine Corps officers Major Ferrell and Captain Radner, the announcement also suggested the involvement of Dr. Radek Zelenka. All of the characters, with the exception of Zelenka were killed off in "The Siege, Part 2". Another announcement later on in January, 2005 did not include any references to Dillion and his two marines. A deleted scene from part two showed Sora being returned to the Genii as part of their deal for the nuclear weapons, but this was cut due to time constraints. Being cut, it is unclear if the event occurred or if Sora may still be being held. This is the first appearance of the Daedalus class battlecruiser, specifically the first ship of the class, the Daedalus itself . It was first mentioned in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Moebius", which also included a brief image of its schematics. This is also the first episode in which the full given name for Radek Zelenka is revealed. The producers chose "Radek", a fairly common Czech given name, without input from portraying actor