The
Kryptonians want to take over earth, given
they have super powers and don't really want
to return to their barren rock of a planetoid.
Clark
is convicted of treason in terms of New
Krypton law and is is to be banished from
the earth, but this is halted when it is
revealed he wasn't able to successfully
fight his opponent for the throne, Lord Nor.
Ching helps him prepare for the battle all
the while the army is planning to take out
all the Kryptonians by any means possible,
including Clark.