During the fight, Lara engages the pod’s engines and it shoots into the sky.Īngered 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. Zod becomes enraged and attacks Jor-El, eventually stabbing him to death. Jor-El claims it is in the pod with his son. Jor-El places the Codex into a device that bonds it to his son’s living cells.Īs 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. 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.