The outward surge of the Wraith could not be curbed by the Lanteans. The Lanteans, desiring to end the war and temporarily ignorant of the massive surge in Wraith numbers, sent a large contingent of their fleet into Wraith territory They were ambushed and destroyed. They went to great lengths to capture three Ancient vessels that were powered by Zero Point Modules and used them to power a cloning facility causing their army to grow many times its original size as well as allowing many more Hive ships and Wraith cruisers to be constructed very rapidly. The Wraith needed an advantage to turn the tide of the war. Being significantly weaker than the Ancient Warships the Wraith fleets were unable to best the Lanteans during the beginning stages of the war. Due to the Lanteans overconfidence and believing that their Aurora-class warships and other vessels were unbeatable, they sent them deeper and deeper into Wraith controlled territory to weed them out. The Wraith fleet is at minimum 10,000 years old since the war with the Lanteans. 1.3 Impact of the Asuran-Tau'ri-Wraith War.
