Ronon Dex

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Biography

Analysis

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Biography

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 Ronon Dex is a Satedan from the Pegasus Galaxy who has been a Runner for the past seven years. Prior to his capture by the Wraith, he had been a member of the Satedan military, holding the rank of Specialist. He is first encountered by humans from Earth in 2005 when he captured Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and Teyla Emmagan. He makes a deal with them: if their doctor can remove the tracking device, he'd help them capture Lt. Ford. Dr. Beckett manages to extract the device, but a Wraith attack prevents the capture of Ford. He returns with them to Atlantis. When they send a MALP to the gate address he gave them, he found his planet was completely destroyed ("Runner").

Sheppard offers him a place on his team after he proves his worth against the Marines, nearly beating Teyla and passing the shooting range tests without even blinking ("Duet").

 He has a unique weapon, an energy pistol; The device emits great red bursts of energy. It has two settings, stun and kill. In addition, he carries a sword. He most often uses his gun, but does wield his sword to great effect.

 Initially, Ronon Dex appears to be very primal and animalistic, likely due to having been hunted for 7 years that were almost completely void of human contact. However, in later episodes, his character is shown as very laid back, except when confronted by an enemy. The only times that Ronon has shown irrational, violent, and impulsive behavior is when confronted by the Wraith, or when threatened.

 Later, Ronon found out that he wasn't the only surviving member of his people. About 300 more Satedans managed to make it to the shelters west of the capital, and later moved to other planets like Ballkan and Manaria. He also learned that Kell, Taskmaster during his military training, was among the survivors. Soon after, when Kell came to Ballkan to trade, Ronon killed him. In his own words, "Kell commanded several infantry divisions on Sateda. When the Wraith came, he ordered thousands to their death just to save himself. He was...he was a traitor and a coward. My only regret is that his death was quick." ("Trinity").

Ronon is known to always have a serious face and to always be on edge. However, under the influence of Lucius' drug, Ronon laughs when Lucius tells a story. He has once been shown to have amiable capacities when he gave Rodney a hug after he survived near-Ascension after healing him of his scars from days as a Runner. Also he hugs Beckett after Beckett saves his life and kills a Wraith that Ronon had a personal grudge against although at first it looked like he was going to hurt Beckett.

Eventually, the Wraith who originally turned Ronon into a Runner recaptured him, with the help of villagers who were led to believe that the Wraith would no longer cull them in return for Ronon. Instead of killing him, the Wraith implanted a new tracking device and resumed the hunt on the ruins of Sateda. While evading his enemy, Ronon had numerous flashbacks to the final days of his people's civilization while it was under attack by the Wraith. Here, it was revealed that he was as good as married to a woman named Melena, who he tried to get through the Stargate before the Wraith attacked. Her refusal to leave the Satedans who would be unable to evacuate forced him to remain behind and fight the Wraith. Unfortunately, his efforts were in vain, as the Wraith defeated Satedan forces and Melena was killed before Ronon's eyes in an explosion.

The Wraith commander's decision to let Ronon live and continue the hunt would soon prove to be a fateful one, as the enraged Satedan continuously killed Wraith after Wraith on his own using traps that he'd laid. After tracking Ronon to the remains of the hospital where Ronon watched Melena die, Sheppard and Teyla, with the help of Dr. Rodney McKay, see that Ronon has been injured. They help him fight off more of the Wraith that are hunting him, with Ronon leading the charge. Eventually, the entire Wraith hunting party composed of at least twenty-five individuals is wiped out.

Sheppard orders Ronon to retreat to the waiting Puddle Jumper, where McKay is waiting for them. Ronon refuses and insists upon getting revenge on the Wraith commander that not only helped destroy his homeworld, but forced him to become a Runner not once, but twice. His wish is granted when the Wraith commander goes down to the planet's surface to fight Ronon one on one. Ronon is almost defeated until the timely intervention of Dr. Carson Beckett and a drone weapon (Beckett had had enough of seeing Ronon go through that and killed the Wraith saying "if he doesn't like it he can sue me").

Source: Wikipedia

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Analysis : Ronon by Jason

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"Ronon is kind of like a Native American Mad Max. He's a real rebel and he's very primal. He was captured by the Wraith and tortured and they planted this tracking device in his back then released him so they could hunt him down. It's part of the Wraith's ritual to find out how humans work. So Ronon has to be smart and keep moving so he can avoid being caught. He was a weapons specialist so he has an affinity to guns and weapons of course - and he definitely knows how to use them! He also is an expert at martial arts so I had to train a lot to take on that part of his character.

Because he was always on the move, he's a real loner and he certainly doesn't trust anyone... he goes on his instinct. The Atlantis crew is always trying to tone him down, to stop him from just pulling out his gun and shooting someone because he doesn't trust them or he doesn't think they have time to find out! He's had to live very defensively for the past seven years, so he can't just turn that off."

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