During the culling of Sateda in 1998, he, Ara, Tyre, Marika and Hemi were on another planet, fighting the Wraith, but was captured. After some time, he was constantly fed on and given the Gift of Life several times until he swore allegiance to the Wraith. He went with Ara and Tyre to a planet where they finally came across Ronon and his team. Rakai appears to be the most ferocious member of the trio. When they went to a Wraith facility, Ronon eventually found out that he is Wraith worshipper. Ronon denounced them and fought them. When he fought Ronon, he had a knife and Ronon got it off him and jammed it into Rakai's chest, killing him. (SGA: "Reunion")