Originally posted by LabRat:
Question though. Why is Weir in charge? I thought the military had taken over command of Atlantis?
The civilians are still in charge. The captain of the Daedalus, whose name I forget, is now the senior military commander, taking over from Sheppard.
Washington doesn't want the military in charge. Remember just this last SG-1 episode where they were saying SG Command was being de-emphasized partly because the guys in Congress didn't have control of it. The other reason was the they felt the Pegasus Galaxy was where more technology was likely to be found, but part of it was control. The civilians in Washington feel they can only have a say-so with a civilian in charge. So Weir stays.
