Krypton

Val of House El,

you are hereby sentenced to death.

No!

Seg, someone from the future is coming to destroy Krypton.

Take this. You have to find the fortress.

Grandfather was no traitor.

He was a hero.

Welcome to your grandfather's Fortress of Solitude.

Val was determined to prove that we weren't alone

in the universe.

We have to finish his work.

Who's your accomplice, Charys?

I love you. It was me!

No, Val!

No!

- Please, no, please! - No!

Your parents chose chaos.

I need to know if you intend to follow in their footsteps.

I don't.

The blood of House El will forever bind us.

Hello, Seg.

Grandfather.

I'm a projection of Val-El.

You've still got me, Seg.

We were never gonna find a way to be together.

You want me to bind with your daughter?

Okay.

Even if I never get to bear the sigil of my own house,

I will not wear yours.

Commander? What is all this?

The Rankless initiative.

We're going down to the Rankless to crack some skulls.

You are Lyta of House Zod. You are a warrior.

Commander Quex-Ul.

I challenge you to a Kandorian duel.

No mercy will be shown.

Lyta-Zod.

I hereby appoint you Commander of Fourth Squad, Sagitari.

Here's something you don't see every day.

The meteor shower reported in the Outlands.

We're gonna check that out.

Something crashed here.

This better be something real, Earth man.

I'm getting tired of being...

Val!

Grandfather!

Hello, Seg.

Whoa.

- You look super realistic for a... - Val, Adam.

Adam, Val.

This was found in the Outlands.

- We think it's a... - I know what it is.

It's one of Brainiac's probes.

He sends these things out into the universe.

It's how he determines if a civilization's

worthy of collection.

- Exactly. - We need you to run

some analysis on this.

See what we can find out.

Well, let's take a look.

Put it there.

The techno-organic material of this device

is of unknown origin.

But this is only a casing for another device.

- It's a shell? - Precisely.

This is used to contain a Sentry.

Once the shell is opened,

the Sentry's exposed.

But right now...

we can extrapolate from the interior structure of the shell

the approximate size and shape of the Sentry.

Right, I get what it looks like.

But what exactly is it?

It's parasitic.

Once the Sentry is out of the shell,

it seeks a host.

It takes over the host's body.

It then uses that host to gather information

about whatever planet it's on.

Defense systems, population, vulnerabilities, etcetera.

Once it's gathered all the information required,

it uploads it to Brainiac,

and leaves the host body for dead.

So we need to extract this little bastard from its shell

and then deactivate it before it goes to work, right?

Easier said than done.

Remember, once we open the probe shell,

the Sentry will activate

and do what parasites do:

seek out a host body.

You do realize I'm a hologram, don't you?

Do it, Grandpa.

Shit.

It's not in there, is it?

I'm afraid not.

It appears the Sentry has already been released.

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Oh, Mighty Rao, before your grace,

we wandered lost in the darkness.

Until you appeared and led us into the light.

Beautifully said, Ona.

Thanks, uncle Kem.

My pleasure.

You'd better hurry up and eat that before it eats you.

- Do you want some? - No, I'm not hungry.

What? Well.

That is unfortunate, because it would be a shame

for this to go to waste.

Rhom, don't worry, okay?

I know things are tough for everybody,

but there will always be a meal here for you and Ona.

I'll pay you back soon.

I...

I'm starting a glamorous new job tonight.

Rhom, isn't it?

You having trouble with the scanner?

Yeah, a little.

Thank you.

No problem.

Your first time working salvage?

Yeah.

Got any advice?

Just remember, it's up to you to report what you find.

Some things are worth more on the black market

than in the hands of the guilds.

Okay.

Let's think this through.

If the Sentry isn't here,

it means it's found its host, right?

I believe so.

And whoever that host is,

I'm afraid they're in mortal danger now.

You said the Sentry's a parasite.

Maybe it takes time to infect its host.

Maybe we can find the person before that happens.

- Deactivate it. - Perhaps.

But honestly, Seg, I... I just don't know.

My research was interrupted too soon.

I'm sorry.

Okay, well, we at least have to try, right?

Let's go back to the beginning.

Okay, we found this thing in the Outlands.

So, who else goes out there?

Salvage crews.

So, let's say that some poor chump found the shell

and somehow got a hold of the Sentry.

What happens then?

Well, if he reports it, it goes up to the guild.

And if he doesn't?

Might try and sell it.

Keep it for himself.

Look, if we're gonna find this thing

before it completely takes over its host,

then we gotta start working fast.

You find Kem.

Head over to the Labor Index.

Find out if anyone in those salvage crews saw anything.

I'm gonna head up the Guilds, find Lyta.

See if anyone turned it in.

Sounds good to me.

Let's go.

Seg, wait up.

I can't. I'm in a hurry.

Well, I'm sure I can keep up.

Nice to see you walking amongst the Guilded.

Didn't even have to send a Sagitari to retrieve you.

Some would call that progress.

One of these days, we'll work up to a family dinner.

I'd like that.

Hm, I really need to teach you how to lie, Seg.

I'm better with the truth.

It means a lot what you did for me, Nyssa.

Allowing me the chance to give my parents an honorable burial.

Urgent military business?

I just need to get my security clearance reinstated.

Better.

That was almost believable.

Have your secrets, Seg.

I most certainly have mine.

Be sure to give my congratulations to Lyta

on her new promotion.

You could have been killed.

I know, but I wasn't.

I don't get it.

Was this to earn your mother's respect,

to... to somehow prove that you belong?

- No. - Then why?

Why would you risk your life like that?

I don't have time for this.

And you shouldn't even be here.

Lyta.

You killed someone.

I challenged Quex to change things.

To change the way the Sagitari treat the Rankless.

Then I guess I should be thanking you.

I appreciate you checking in on me.

If I'm being honest, it's not the only reason I'm here.

I need your help tracking down any reports

of anything unusual or suspicious being turned in

to the Guild.