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| - The central tower of Atlantis contains some of the most vital areas in the city, including Stargate Operations and the Jumper bay, and a balcony outside the Gate room provides a great view of the city and surrounding landscape. Because the Stargate is housed in it the control tower is better armoured than the other areas of the city, and the city is programmed to prioritize the areas closer to the tower if the city and its inhabitants would be threatened in some way or if power was failing. Other important locations include the Commander's office, the conference room where the Lantean Council once met, the infirmary, and the Holo room. During their first year, the Atlantis expedition stayed within the area immediately surrounding the tower, but they have since expanded to other areas of the city. After the Asurans had taken control of the city, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Dr. Carson Beckett in a Puddle Jumper dropped a powerful explosive device to cripple the tower. The Asurans dismantled their ship to rebuild the control level. The tower was again damaged when the activation of the Attero device caused Atlantis' Stargate to explode, but the expedition were able to contain the damage by compressing Atlantis' shield around the Stargate so that the tower was the only thing that sustained damage rather than the potentially planet-cracking explosion that would have occurred otherwise, and the tower was later repaired and the Stargate replaced. The control tower is also the place of Michael Kenmore's death. (SGA: "Rising", "Hide and Seek", "The Siege, Part 2", "The Return, Part 2", "Sunday", "Adrift", "First Contact", "The Lost Tribe", "The Prodigal")
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