Breaking the Siege by Tielan

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Rec Category: AU
Pairing: none
Category: Atlantis, Crossover, Action/Adventure
Warning: PG-13, character death
Author on LJ: tielan
Author's Website: unknown

Summary: Set during “The Siege”. The Daedalus has a couple of extra passengers on her first trip to Atlantis, so she arrives a little earlier – just early enough to stop Sheppard’s kamikaze run on Hiveship #1 from even starting.

Link: http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=2281&i=1

Why This Must Be Read: It’s a believable alternative ending to "The Siege", if you can get round the fact that certain SG1 characters have been permitted to travel to Atlantis “on loan”. I also love Col. Caldwell in this fic: he’s almost like a cross between Hammond and O’Neill in how he gets John to do what’s probably best ("A senior officer never blackmails… He applies leverage."), plus there’s a past history with Rodney ("McKay, am I going to have to remind you of the Siberian llama incident?").