Jayna-Zod quotes from Krypton

Daron-Vex

Primus Zod, the accused claims she acted alone. Would you enlighten us.

Jayna-Zod

Our scanners clearly registered two bio-signatures in the stolen skimmer.

Charys-El

Your scanners are wrong.

Daron-Vex

Yet upon your capture, you claim allegiance to Black Zero.

Charys-El

I told them what they wanted to hear. To get in front of the people of Kandor. To tell them the truth. We are not alone! Don't believe their lies! Val-El was right!

Daron-Vex

Enough! The only one who lies today is you. 14 cycles ago, we condemned your father-in-law to the ice. And now you maintain his claims! Tell the truth. You stole that skimmer in an effort to locate Val-El's hidden fortress. Did you not?

Jayna-Zod

I hope it was worth it.

Lyta-Zod

I tried talking to you.

Jayna-Zod

I don't know why you're protecting Seg, but if you want to risk your life for him, so be it. But not even Rao will help you if you risk those of your squads. Lyta-Zod, I hereby appoint you Commander of Fourth Squad, Sagitari. You are obliged to bear true allegiance and faith to the Military Guild of Kandor City against all enemies, and to defend and support the Supreme Council in loyal service of His Reverence, the Voice of Rao. May Rao's grace be your shield. It only gets harder from here.

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.

Daron-Vex

You're telling me there will be collateral damage?

Dev-Em

I am telling you the room will be stuffed with collateral damage. This is no longer a controlled situation. We have to abort.

Daron-Vex

Proceed as planned. There comes a point in any coup when it's more dangerous to back out than to go forward. Too many people are involved to depend on none of them betraying the secret. Even inadvertently...

Dev-Em

Let me be clear. Your opinion means nothing to me. Primus?

Jayna-Zod

We can't withdraw now. We've already paid too much, Dev.

Jayna-Zod

Two decades ago, you came out of nowhere, and married into House Vex, and spent the rest of your life trying to make the Vex name seem important. My honor, that's my own problem. But what did I sacrifice it for? And am I supposed to kill a junior officer to prop up your ego?

Daron-Vex

My ego? You take a good look at this city that you are supposedly protecting, Jayna. Kandor is stagnating. We are barely surviving on our dwindling resources. It is time to look to the future. To look beyond, and start to build new alliances with the eight other cities. To combine our expertise, and develop new resources. If the other, more illustrious houses are too hidebound to do it, I am not. This world will only improve when our cities work together.

Daron-Vex

He's been asking questions. Wondering why the last-minute pardon for a Black Zero bombmaker. Noting that the prisoner hasn't returned to his dwelling, or been seen in the city since his release.

Jayna-Zod

Of course not. He's in a Rankless safehouse under guard, waiting to be found and arrested for the Voice's death, and killed while avoiding capture.

Daron-Vex

What good does that do us when one of your officers is encouraging people to scrutinize the chain of events? He's from a prominent family. People might listen to him. Couldn't you have replaced him with one of our people?

Jayna-Zod

I already slipped Dev in. If you want to attract suspicion, a good way to do it would be to shift assignments around just before an assassination. Most officers wouldn't have questioned the order. We were unlucky.

Daron-Vex

You need to silence him, quickly, before he draws attention. [seeing her expression] Well, it's too late to bring him on board now. And any attempt to scare him would only deepen his suspicion further. No, there is only one way to handle this.

Jayna-Zod

I'll speak to him.

Daron-Vex

No, don't...

Jayna-Zod

I do not need to schooled on the danger here. The lives of every Sagitari I've recruited are in my hands, and they've put them there because they have faith in me. I'm committed, they're willing to back me. What are you committed to, except yourself? You've only ever been out for number one.

Jayna-Zod

The Rankless Initiative. That was shit, wasn't it?

Dev-Em

Complete shit. It only made things worse, and Lyta didn't deserve to be made a scapegoat for the Council's bad decisions.

So, what are we going to do?

Jayna-Zod

We need to raise an army. We can go to Kryptonopolis, establish a base there, reach out to other city-states, and return in force.

Nyssa-Vex

My sisters live there. They can provide us with those resources and connections we need.

There's no time. Brainiac's gonna take the city in a matter of weeks. We must stay and fight!

Jayna-Zod

We will not stand a chance. He controls the Sagitari. If we attempt this ourselves, we'll be slaughtered.

Then so be it. If we are going to die, then at least...

Kem

I'm just gonna stop you there. Um, I don't wanna die, so...

Seg-El

There's another way. The Nova Cycle celebration. That's how we get our army. [holds up a blaster]

Jayna-Zod

Not with that. Our weapons have no effect on him.

Seg-El

They might not harm him, but they will piss him off... when everyone was gonna be watching. If we can provoke him into revealing his true nature, if we can show the people that the Voice of Rao is an alien creature, the entire city will rise and stand against him. We will have our army.

Kal-El, the Superman you keep hearing about. He was no different than any other kryptonian. He just happened to make it off our planet before it was destroyed. Then landed on a planet with a yellow sun. That's what makes him super. Radiation. That and dumb luck. But if Krypton never was destroyed, we could all have the powers he has. Imagine all the good that could do in the universe.

Jayna-Zod

How did you survive Krypton's destruction?

I wasn't on Krypton when it exploded.

Jayna-Zod

Where were you?

The Phantom Zone. It's... sort of an extra dimension or... abyss. Defying the laws of space or time. Turns out it's perfect for housing criminals.

Jayna-Zod

You were in prison? What did you do?

I attempted a coup. Guess it runs in the family. I grew up in Kryptonopolis, and the council there was inept as yours here in Kandor. There was one person on the council that I truly respected. Of course, he was the one who foiled my plans and sent me away. His name was Jor-El.