....And suddenly, one lone child, the last survivor of a civilization rendered extinct not only by forces of nature, but also by the closed minds of a far too proud Council of Elders .... now that child, safely ensconsed in a tiny starship, experiences the strangeness of deep space. Guiding the child along the way: the disembodied voice of his father, the wise scientist Jor-el, who likewise perished in the horror which was the destruction of the Planet Krypton......

..... which Einstein called his "theory of relativity...." ...... Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all knowledge and scientific fact from dozens of other worlds spanning the 28 Known Galaxies ...... early Chinese writings ...... by applying this complex equation to its ultimate power, my son ..... Chief among these powers will be your sight, your strength, your hearing --- your ability to propel yourself at almost limitless speed ..... The early history of our Universe was a bloody mosaic of interplanetary war ..... Each of the six galaxies you will pass through contain their own individual laws of space and time ..... It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history .....

Jor-el's lessons persist throughout this journey across the cosmos. And finally, the vessel arrives. Its destination, as Jor-el had intended: a beautiful, blue-and-white marvel poxmarked by large and small physical landscapes of varying sizes and descriptions.

Simply put, the Terran Solar System. Earth.