[Admiral Zod and his men were assassinated during a battle by the opponent and they turned off the ship, making it fall into this planet. Over the years, I managed to bring the ship back online but we had no means of communication back to Krypton as it requires the permission of the Admiral of the fleet] The A.I narrated
"Well, that's useless now, Krypton is long gone. Now how do I assume control of the ship" James said as he arrived at the control room.
It was a large space with some sort of platform that had railings guarding it. It looked like a place where someone had to rest his hands and above it was a throne.
Admiral Zod really liked to travel in style.
[Please place your hand on the open panel] The A.I said as a panel opened up on the dashboard-like equipment in the room
James just did as he was told and the panel scanned his hand and immediately after the entire ship silently hummed to life as the lights started to turn on one after the other.
Seeing this magnificent display, James was mind-blown but got over it very quickly.
[Requesting permission to contact Krypton] The A.I said suddenly
"You don't believe me, sure go ahead," James said without much thinking.
If the A.I didn't believe him then that was its problem.
James didn't really care what the A.I did, he was just amazed at how advanced it was but didn't think much of it after all this was a Warlord-class Ship, the only one of its kind.
They would surely equip it with the best of the best meaning that this A.I was probably the best that Krypton could offer then and probably even now considering that Kryptonians had long since figured out immortality.
[Contact failed, Krypton is no more]
[According to sector 14B of the Kryptonian Law book. You are now granted Council-level authority over Krypton… Your Words are law as you try to restore your race] The A.I suddenly said without even missing a beat
James just stood there completely flabbergasted, he never knew this was an option.
Though it did make sense considering that while Kryptonians didn't really believe that they would one day go extinct after all they are the mightiest mortal race the universe has to offer but this sort of law would still be added either just for necessity or as a joke after all who knew what would happen.
To the A.I, James was the last Kryptonian alive which wasn't true since Clark was still there and the many Kryptonians in the Phantom Zone but those locked in the Phantom Zone were all criminals and Clark was well Clark, the A.I didn't know about Clark's existence.
"What exactly does that mean?"
[It means that you should restore your race, Son of El and until you do so, you are Krypton and Krypton are you]
"So meaning I have access to everything on the ship right," James asked
[Yes, Please report to the Medical room for Genetic Optimisation and Knowledge implants Sir] the A.I said
"I don't need the Optimisation thank you, My Father already did that. Now let's talk about the implants, how exactly do you plan on doing that?" James asked in excitement.
He didn't need the genetic Optimisation after all he was already the very best, Krypton had to offer with the Codex in his genes.
Who knew if the Optimisation process wouldn't end up removing his Mutation but for the Knowledge Implants, James was very much interested to see what sort of technology was used here.
Kelex already had a similar technology but James just wanted to know the difference.
[The ship contains all knowledge gathered by Krypton's soldiers during the war. It contains knowledge from 28 different Galaxies] the AI said
"Okay?"
[As the Ruler of Krypton, you are required to be knowledgeable in everything. The council is made up of people who are the best in their fields but it exists no more and you are the only Councilman alive so you embody the entire council] the A.I said
"So basically since the council doesn't exist any more, I become the entire council and I have to know nearly everything right" James asked
[Affirmative]
"Ok then," James said
Saying that, he walked towards the throne, it looked to be the main control of this entire ship.
"Shut down," James said as he pulled out a wire from his body and plugged it into the throne.
[A.I deactivated] a more mechanical voice said
Since that was done, James immediately uploaded Kelex into the ship's systems.
The previous A.I was powerful but unfortunately, James didn't need something he couldn't trust and the AI didn't even seem to trust him as well.
"Kelex, Find and destroy any remaining pieces of that A.I"
[Affirmative sir] Kelex replied from the ship's audio systems.
"Good now scan the ship and tell me the things you find" James said,
[Sir this is a warship, it mostly contains weapons, armour and medical equipment]
"Makes sense, now how about the 28 different galaxy knowledge something the A.I was talking about"
[Sir, it really is here stored in a matrix of Sunstone crystals called the Knowledge Matrix]
Hearing this, James was confused, the fortress of fortitude should have this not this ship.
That was knowledge, the Scout ship should have, not the Doomsday ship.
James didn't know why it was here but just went on with it since he didn't want to give himself a headache.
"Okay, let's leave that for now, Can we get this ship out of here without causing an earthquake here?" James asked
That was the most important part of all this, he needed to get the ship out of this location but it was too big and acted as support for the ground above.