


The scene then shifts to ocean waters, where we see a bearded man working aboard a fishing vessel and having trouble concentrating on his duties. Many worlds away, the pod carrying Kal-El rockets into Earth's atmosphere, touching down somewhere in the Great Plains of the United States. Shortly after, Krypton's core collapses as Lara passively watches the planet breaking apart. Zod and his followers are placed in a giant craft, the Black Zero, that is sent into the Phantom Zone. He also swears to Lara that he will find her son. In a fury, Zod lashes out, declaring the leaders will not grant him and his followers a quick death. Zod and his followers are banished to The Phantom Zone. In the confusion, the small craft's propulsion engine, a Phantom Drive, engages on the pod, rocketing the baby away in the blink of an eye. However, his orders are suddenly canceled when Kryptonian security ships appear, destroying the attacking vessel and arresting Zod and his minions. Angered that Jor-El and his wife have doomed the Kryptonian race with the removal of the Codex, Zod orders his followers to shoot down the pod. During the fight, Lara engages the pod's engines and it shoots into the sky. Zod becomes enraged and attacks Jor-El, eventually stabbing him to death. Jor-El claims it is in the pod with his son. As they prepare to launch the pod containing their son, Zod and his followers force their way into the Els residence, demanding that Jor-El hand over the Codex. Jor-El places the Codex into a device that bonds it to his son's living cells. Lara feels difficulty separating from her son but Jor-El comforts her that they are preserving his life by sending their baby to: Earth, where the yellow sun will cause greater strength and speed.

Jor-El races home to put the Codex in the spacecraft. Lara prepares the small spacecraft he has built to evacuate their son from Krypton. Jor-El swims in the incubator chamber and takes the Codex. When Jor-El refuses, Zod orders the arrest of Jor-El who escapes. Zod invites Jor-El to join the coup, considering he disagrees with the council. General Zod ( Michael Shannon) and numerous followers, attack the council. They forbid him to evacuate the planet's Codex, claiming that the planet is stable. Kryptonian council that the planet started crumbling and is on the brink of destruction. Kal is a secret because he was born naturally, instead of by genetic engineering.
