After the command champer finally calm down. Kal-Rao retreated to his private office follows by his inner circle.
' ah that was nerve racking. But the morale is up... Of course now i'm stock with the title of Emperor . Expected but still too much pressure' kal-Rao thought with signs and collapse to his chair. He didn't bother with maintaining formality with only his inner circle around.
" You look like a man ready to retire when you just get the job " Ursa In-Ze said with an amused smile while the rest didn't bother to hid their snickering
He rolled his eyes but grew a mischievous smile " Ursa I remind you are standing before your emperor And he can bestow you any moment he wants with the duty of his head secretary and all the glorious bureaucracy and pepper work that come with the job "
Ursa's face went pale and the rest broke out laughing
" Now we are done with ursa's little job application. I want a full status report " He said to get the rest to the main agenda
Zora, the normally serious military general, was the first to snap back to focus "We were lucky able to secure 2 battle ships and 3 supply ships with one of them having enough fuel for multiple FTL jump and Extra 11 small scout ships to store in the hanger of Exodus"
"The battle ships are circling the Exodus and supply ships in defense position while the scout ships are looking for any possible sign of danger or other survivors. We are on high alert until we are ready for" Zora finishes speaking with her usual grunts
Jor-El a brilliant male scientist and temporary executive of the tech lab and engineer back up his old friend "All the ships function are in good condition. We were able to recover most of krypton archives in sunstone. The sunstones and world engine and stasis champers are all secure" He spoke with a smile to light up the room serious mode
Ben-Ash an old man and former human resource manager in labor branch and temporary executive of staff cut to the chase "We counted 6934 survivors in total 911 male and 6023 female with almost 34% of the total survivors being children"
Thar part left a bitter taste in everyone mouth. Just a couple thousands survivors of krypton original population of billions
Ben coughs to break the depressing atmosphere and continue "the 4576 adults are formerly divided to 2066 to the labor guild. 1403 to the military guild. 905 to the science guild. 189 to the art guild. 13 to the religion guild" With the 3D date sheet om display
Ursa a former high intelligence officer of the internal affairs branch and one of the few kryptonians with wide scope of advance expertise in krypton guilds divide society and temporary chief of executives spoke "We are now looking through the recovered archive for records of any kryptonians who were off World in the main times"
" We secure a sizable chunk of galactic currency to trade supplies from galactic markets and we stocks a large vault of rare and valuable material like Sunstone Crystals and Quarax and Rao-Formed Alloys that are hard to mine or need artificial synthesis " She present a date reports of exact numbers which was more promising then the last topic
Cyth an old woman and a former museum manager and temporary executive of Treasury " Speaking of rare. We gather a lot of art pieces and historic and religious symbols along with history archives and 3D maps of krypton and his important land Mark " She spoke with happy grandmother voice to cheer
Sera-vex the former head of evolution matrix and kal-Rao adoptive mother and temporary executive of bio lab and medical care spoke up " All the active crew and the survivors in the stasis champers are in stable health so take it easy honey " She gave a warm smile and small pat on the shoulder to her son which finally get him to relax in his chair and truly smile
' mom is right. This is a lot better then my personal expectation especially after the countless rejection by krypton console. Some part of me starts to believe the almost extinction of kryptonians are some canon events or influence by fate of the endles '
' by the look of it. The ROB either hides my existence from the higher comic beings for now or separated this universe of the rest of DC multiverse ' I keep this theory to myself along with my reincarnation as the truth and my private thoughts maybe is hidden by the ROB but probably not if someone spying on me and my conversations
" The Genesis champers are ready for the repopulation program but the situation of gene codex is yet to resolve " She added
Thara Ak-Var a Bishop in the religions guild finally spoke up " I believe your Majesty should become the vessel to the gene codex. You are after all the avatar of Rao. And with kryptonians race DNA flowing in your blood. You will become a step closer to the gods " She spoke with reverence
Kal-Rao holds off a cringe. Thara Ak-Var was a member of the small branch of the secretive and reclusive religious guild. That believes him to be the avatar or the blessing of Rao the kryptonian god of the sun. The branch is very small and made up of 13 fantic believers. Of course after becoming the the Messiah and the emperor of krypton now. Their frantic beliefs are at an all time high and probably their numbers will rise with time
They were not enough to change the high console mind or large numbers of science driven people of krypton with only a handful that believe that. But they are still extremely influential as members of religious guild who consider the Angels of the gods and despite small number that join him. They were able to convince a larger number of people then him or anyone in inner circle. And they secure a lot of resources and connection of the mission Exodus success
He knows that the kryptonians gods are real and he might actually a avatar or something like that for the ROB s*** and Giggle. But he still finds it hard to view or think of himself as anything like an emperor let alone something divine or worship. As in his mind he is still the 12 years old introvert with imposter syndrome and social anxiety. He come long way for that but still.
Kal-Rao coughed and regained his composure "I don't think that good idea. I am already the emperor and if i became the vessel of gene codex. It will be like putting all our eggs in one basket. If i fall it will be the end of all our hopes" Using logic to Dodge any more responsibility
Zora dashed my hopes "That may be true but you are still one of if not the strongest kryptonian alive or even all of history which make a moving vault to the gene codex. And by focusing on guarding a single objective which is you. It will tighten the security better"
Ursa continues " And it will add more symbolism to you. Which will unite our people and will crush most future uprising and inside assassination attempts against you"
My mother sera-vex took the finishing blow " We can always store a large container of your blood after we inject you with codex. So we can keep it in a guarded place as a contingency plan"
I glare in the three women who dash my attempt at a Dodging extra responsibility with what was supposed to be flawless logic
"Fine yes. You win. I will do it" Kal-Rao gave up resistance. Thara Ak-Var and my mother glowing with happiness while the rest hide their smirks
"I know why Thara is happy about it. But mom what with you betraying me like that" He continues. Complaining to his mother.
" Oh sorry honey. But your mother couldn't escape the temptation of having all the next generation of kryptonians as her grandchildren. But of course, don't forget to give me a couple natural-born ones" She said with a sly smile while days dreaming about grandkids
Most of the females in the room blush at the sera comment while all others broke out Lough
Kal-Rao now red faced with embarrassment Shout out "The meeting ended her. Now everyone go back to your jobs" The Executives left the office still laughing.
Much later sara and zora come back to inject the gene codex and confirm the new security arrangement
Kal-Rao was lost in thought while his mother sorted the equipment for the injection
" Oh honey are you still mad about my little joke. I am sorry" His mother apologized
" No no... There are just a lot on my mind right now " He shock my head in denial
" Oh good because it wasn't joking at all " She said with her usual sly smile
A tick mark appears on kal-Rao forehead but zora coughs cut the mother son duo before the conversation escalates further "these two are Faora and Non will be your personal guard who will stay close to you while the rest will secure the location" The two bodyguards bow to their emperor.
Kal gave them a node of acknowledgement while his mother completed the preparation and start the injection
As the DNA of entire kryptonians race coursed through his vines. Kal-Rao finally relax like a piece of himself he didn't know was messing. But it only left him needing more
" My my you look like an injured patient that finally gets his pain medications " His mother's concerned comments shocked him awake.
" Are you okay you majesty " Non ask politely. He was concerned about the person who he is in charge of protecting having health scare in the first day of the job
" Yes. I am more than fine. I am better than I was for a long time " Kal said removing the injection tube
" The crew are waiting for you in the command room. Are you ready to go?" Zora spoke with a hint of concern in her voice
" I was born ready. "