Seg-El quotes from Krypton

Seg-El

Is she going to live?

Val-El

It's difficult to say. Whatever Brainiac did, it appears to be keeping her alive. My concern is that, in trying to reverse it, we risk losing her.

Adam Strange

Well, at least you stopped her before she got to a transmitter and uploaded whatever info she accessed.

Val-El

I don't believe that was her intention.

Seg-El

What do you mean?

Val-El

I believe she is the transmitter.

Adam Strange

We gotta stop her before she sends a signal to Brainiac.

Val-El

It's too late. It's already been sent.

Seg-El

So this is what you do. Just kill anyone you think is in your way.

General Zod

No. I kill who I know is in my way. Our existence is at stake, and if you fail to understand that, then you're just another idealistic El without the stones to effect real change.

Seg-El

Another? You knew my grandfather?

General Zod

My history with your family is complicated. But it doesn't have to be that way any longer. The choice is simple, Seg. You help me find that Sentry, and together we can protect the future of Krypton.

Seg-El

Well, that sounds good in theory. But I have no way knowing if you will keep you're gonna keep your word.

General Zod

You're right. How can I prove that I am honorable?

Seg-El

Breaking a prisoner out of Fort Rozz would be a start.

Nyssa-Vex

Why do you want to save Lyta-Zod?

Seg-El

Because I love her. I love her. And I can't lose her.

Nyssa-Vex

Was that so hard?

Jayna-Zod

I will only say this once. Stay away from Lyta.

Seg-El

You'll what? You're gonna add another El to your kill list? Or may you just arrest like you did your own daughter?

Jayna-Zod

I had nothing to do with this.

Seg-El

I suppose you could do nothing to stop it, either!

Jayna-Zod

She's charged with treason, you shit! By the Voice of Rao himself. Lyta's fate is out of my control.

Seg-El

What's gonna happen to her?

Jayna-Zod

She'll be executed, just like your grandfather was.

Seg-El

I'm not gonna let that happen.

Jayna-Zod

I believe you are the reason this it is happening. So don't come back here.

Seg-El

What was that thing? What did you do to me?

General Zod

Nothing to cause permanent damage.

Seg-El

If you're gonna torture me, asshole, at least ask me some questions.

General Zod

You endured a test, not torture.

Seg-El

Oh, a test. Good. Thanks for explaining. I feel so much less tortured now.

General Zod

If Black Zero knew about Brainiac, do you think they'd be wasting time battling that six-faced liar and his unraveling theocracy?

Seg-El

So you're on your own?

General Zod

Black Zero initially provided me with some manpower. And some very useful resources. But my men follow my orders. And my orders serve Kandor.

Seg-El

Of course. You know, I hate to be you when Black Zero find out they're being used.

General Zod

Black Zero is of no concern. Krypton's survival is. And to protect it from Braniac, I need to know what his Sentry was doing in that communications hub.

Seg-El

She was uploading data to Brainiac. We tried to stop her, but she too far along.

General Zod

I thought we had more time. After it uploaded the data, what happened to the Sentry? Did you destroy it, or did it go dormant?

Seg-El

Hey, that it is a she, and her name is Rhom. And I'm not answering any more of your questions, and you...

General Zod

Is it still alive?

Seg-El

I don't give up my friends.

General Zod

That Sentry's not your friend. Not anymore, and if it's still alive, then it didn't complete its mission.

Seg-El

No, I told you. She uploaded the data to Brainiac.

General Zod

That was just a part of it. A Sentry will seek to infect a more useful, powerful host, after which it is disconnected and shut down. If I can tear it open, access its memory nodes...

Seg-El

Hey, no one's tearing anyone open, you son of a bitch. She's still alive.

Raika

I can't say anymore about this.

Seg-El

What exactly did my family do?

Raika

I'm sorry, but all I can say is our duty to protect this place from your family that's been passed from generation to generation.

Seg-El

Well, all I can say is that my family means you no harm. And I'm leaving.

Raika

They won't let you leave here alive.

Seg-El

Then help me. Help me, like I helped you.

Raika

No. You will tell others about this place.

Seg-El

You're worried about others? Do know what happens if I don't go home? Others come looking for me. Els. That's right. That's right, yeah. All my brothers, and all my cousins, and all my uncles. Pretty soon this place will be crawling with Els. And think about all the destruction they can do.

General Zod

There has to be a way in. I know if we work together, we can find it.

Seg-El

[noticing something] I think you might be more right than you realize. I can't believe I didn't see it before. Doesn't that symbol look familiar to you? It's the El and Zod sigils superimposed on each other. I think our famiies put this vault here. Raika... Raika said that because I'm an El, I have the power to destroy everything.

General Zod

And the power to open the vault.

Adam Strange

Seg, I know how this sounds, but please. This is a key moment in history. Things need to unfold the way that they originally did. Okay, any changes could set off history in some new and crazy way, and something huge, like stopping Brainiac, that could ruin everything.

Seg-El

By everything, you mean my grandson. Your obsession. Tell me, how is it that my world goes extinct, but he ends up on yours?

Adam Strange

He was sent off just before this planet explodes. That's why he's called the Last Son of Krypton. I don't have all the answers here. I admit it. I guess if... if Brainiac doesn't take Kandor, if Krypton doesn't explode, then anything can happen. And maybe Kal-El will exist. Maybe he won't. But what I do know is that is a risk we cannot afford to take.

General Zod

One might argue that millions of lives on Krypton are more important than one immature survivor on Earth.

Adam Strange

And one might argue how many times Superman saves the universe, if you want to count numbers.

Seg-El

Forget the numbers! I care about my world. My friends. What's the point of any of it? Or making the world a better place? Of having children? Of protecting our loved ones? If it all just ends in fire and death? Everything that we are. Everything we've built. You're asking me to sacrifice all of it. For an idea. An abstraction. A future if.

Seg-El

What was he telling you?

Lyta-Zod

Apparently, one day, I wake up to find I've turned into my mother.

Seg-El

Well, it seems I have a grandson who's decisions are morally dubious, so there's that.

Lyta-Zod

Can't help but worry, though.

Seg-El

Our future?

Lyta-Zod

I have a son who recognizes me as his mother, but only knows you as the father of his best friend. I suppose I thought... Now that you're Guilded, maybe there'd be a way. I still want to believe we have a future.

Seg-El

Let's stick with today. We already know the future is confusing.

According to the archive, we find that symbol, we find the weapon.

Lyta-Zod

It looks like a house sigil.

It doesn't match any house currently on Krypton. [Seg takes it back] You recognize it. All you have to do is take me there.

Adam Strange

Seg, you can't...

Seg-El

Shut up. You'll have your turn. The people who live down here, the Cythonnites. This weapon is what they're sworn to protect, isn't it?

Yes, and they will guard it with their lives. Because that is how powerful it is. Which is why we need it.

Adam Strange

This sorry bastard has traveled back through time to get here. I don't know how, but it's not hard to see why. He's obviously working with Braniac to destroy Krypton.

General Zod

Why would I destroy our world? I'm here to save Krypton.

Adam Strange

Oh, so it's just a coincidence you're here the same time as Brainiac?

General Zod

Of course not. History tells us this when that creature ripped Kandor City away from the planet and made it part of his collection. I'm here to prevent that tragedy.

Seg-El

I'm confused, you're saying that Brainiac isn't from the future?

General Zod

That's exactly what I'm saying. Brainiac didn't travel through time to launch his attack. This is what he's always done.

Adam Strange

No, that... That can't be right.

General Zod

It's elementary Kryptonian history. The beginning of the end for our civilization. Brainiac takes Kandor City, which destabilizes Krypton's core. Causing the planet to explode in 200 years.

Seg-El

The planet explodes in 200 years? That, that, that's insane.

Adam Strange

You guys can't be seriously by giving this whackjob a weapon of mass destruction. Seg. I'm sorry. Really, I am. I know I should have told you before, but what was I supposed to say? Hey, man, let's go get a drink. By the way your world's gonna explode. Why even lay that burden on you?

Seg-El

Wouldn't you want to know?

Adam Strange

All right. I didn't tell because it was hard. It's not a conversation anyone wants to have. Look, I don't, I don't know. Maybe Zod's lying. Maybe... Maybe I was wrong. All I knew that Superman's enemy was going back to change the timeline, which means your grandson would never be born.

Seg-El

So you're telling me you didn't even hear the full story, but you came to me, so sure of yours...

Adam Strange

I had to. I couldn't just stand around and do nothing if it meant no Superman.

Lyta-Zod

Regardless of what you got wrong, Brainiac is still coming. We all can agree on that. We all want to stop him, so why don't we all work together?

Adam Strange

Because, if the warning I received wasn't about Brainiac it must've been about Zod. And if we're to preserve the timeline, then we have to step back and let... Let Brainiac take Kandor.

Adam Strange

Don't listen to a god damn word this asshole says, Seg.

Seg-El

You know him?

Adam Strange

I know who he is. In my time, we all know who he is. [keeping his weapon trained on Zod as he stands up] Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. General Zod. This son of a bitch is Superman's greatest enemy. So trust me on this, we need to kill him now.

Seg-El

You said you're here to stop Brainac, that you've studied him. Let's hear the plan.

Firstly, you have to understand that Brainiac is virtually immortal. Existing for thousands of years. He possesses the intellectual plunder of countless advanced civilizations. He's far beyond us. And as history has proven, Krypton's current weapons are useless against him.

Lyta-Zod

Yet here you are. And we still haven't heard a plan yet, General.

Adam Strange

That's because he doesn't have one. On account of he's full of shit.