Recursive diagnostics completed, guiding presents authenticated all systems operational.
To see you standing there haven't grown into an adult
Phony Lara could have witnessed this. Who are you? I am your father Kal.
Or at least a shadow of his consciousness.
My name was Jor-El
Kal?
That's my name? Kal-El, it is.
I have so many questions?
Where did I come from, why did you send me here?
You came from Krypton.
A world with a much harsher environment than Earth's
Long ago in an era of expansion, our race spread out through the stars.
Seeking new worlds to settle upon.
The scoutship was one of thousands launched into the void
We built outposts on other planets using great machines to reshape environments to our needs
But 100,000 years our civilization flourished
accomplishing wonders
What happened?
Artificial population control is established
The outposts and space exploration were abandoned
Exhausted our natural resources, as a result our planets core became unstable
Eventually, our military leader General Zod attempted a coup
But by then it was too late
Your mother and I foresaw the coming calamity, and we took certain steps to ensure your survival
This is a genesis chamber
All kryptonians were conceived in Chambers such as this
every child was designed to fulfill the predetermined role in our society as a worker, a warrior, leader, and so on.
The mother and I believe Krypton had lost something precious
the element of choice, of chance
What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what Society had intended for him or her?
What if a child aspired to something greater?
You were the embodiment of that belief Kal, Krypton's first natural birth in centuries
That's why we risked so much to save you
Why didn't you come with me?
We couldn't count
No matter how much we wanted to, but how much we loved you?
Your mother Lara, and I were a product of the failures of our world as much as zod was tied to its fate
so I'm alone. No
You're as much a child of earth now as you are of Krypton. You can embody the best of both worlds
The dream your mother and I dedicated our lives to preserve
The people of Earth are different from us. It's true
But ultimately I believe that's a good thing
There won't necessarily make the same mistakes we did
Well if you guide them Kal
Not I could give them out
that's what this symbol means
symbol of the house of El means hope
embodied within that. Hope is the fundamental belief the potential of every person to be a force for good
That's what you can bring them.