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1st Elder:
Jor-El, you stand before the ruling council charged with treason.

Jor-El:
The technology I created was intended to heal those afflicted by wars and disease, not to resurrect the dead through cloning.

2nd Elder:
The orb will ensure that Krypton's strongest will endure if our planet is ever destroyed.

Jor-El:
But if we send the orb to Earth and it is opened, the clone's inside will develop extraordinary abilities under their yellow sun. The humans will be powerless against them. We cannot doom another planet's future to preserve our past.

2nd Elder:
Perhaps you should've had more faith in your own race. You leave us no choice. The punishment for treason is death.

Zod:
Council.

1st Elder:
Major Zod. Your presence is an honor, but this is a closed trial.

Zod:
Well, I demand to be heard. I may have driven Black Zero back into the ice, decimating his ranks, but my accomplishments pale in comparison to this man's. Jor-El... he's the truest hero I have ever known. He has dedicated his life's work not to death... or war... but to creation. When Kandor fell, many of our brightest and most promising citizens perished in an instant. Krypton lost mothers... fathers... daughters... sons. What good will come if you extinguish another life unnecessary? I implore you... let Jor-El live.

2nd Elder:
Your passion is noted major.

1st Elder:
It is agreed. Jor-El, the council will spare your life. But you are ordered to complete the orb. You must include Major Zod's DNA and your own. If that fateful day of judgment ever comes to Krypton, our survivors on Earth will be lead by two of our planet's greatest heroes.

Jor-El:
I, Zod, am in your debt.

Zod:
Never forget that, my friend.