Krypton
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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances: Adventures of a Normal Man Part 2, More Things in Heaven And Earth, The Machine Who Would Be Empire (memory), The Death of Clark Kent (simulated), Superman! (simulated), My Adventures With Supergirl, It's Reigning (Super)Men (vision), and Vae Victis (simulation)
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In ancient times, primitive, powerless Kryptonians encountered Coluan refugees after their ship landed on the planet. The refugees were wrongly interpreted as invaders. A conflict arose and the first Kryptonians conquered the Coluans. They took from their enemy the secrets of strength, of flight, and they turned their dying star into Rao, the living sun. The Coluans made a "sacrifice" and were converted into eternal robot servants of the Kryptonian Empire. The empire was built on the principle that it is always the fate of the weak to serve the strong. 10,000 years passed. The empire spread across the galaxy and conquered other planets. Eventually, the empire met an enemy they could not defeat and secret peace negotiations led by Jor-El took place.
One of the Brainiac stewards went mad believing the Kryptonians betrayed what they were and he would become obsolete so he facilitated the destruction of Krypton. Jor-El managed to send his infant son Kal-El away in a ship before Krypton's destruction. Brainiac took the remains of Krypton and traveled the universe in Kandor, destroying any civilization that conflicted with his ideal version of Krypton. He raised a survivor, Kara Zor-El, to aid him but she was misled to think each civilization was only conquered due to his brainwashing named the Eradicator Protocol.
The chief steward in the Fortress of Solitude subjected Clark Kent to the first contact between Kryptonians and Coluans in a mental simulation. If Kent showed the stewards he had the same ancient strength within him and conquered the Coluans, they would restore his super powers. The simulation was real enough that if he died, he would die for real. A fight soon broke out against five suited Coluans. Kent's powers began to manifest but he refused to kill them. The leader tackled Kent off a cliff. Both survived the fall but the Coluan's left arm was hurt. He attempted to kill Kent with a rock and Kent's own sword but Kent gained the upper hand. He again resisted killing and instead used the sword to create a make shift sling for the Coluan's arm. They made the journey back to the Coluan ship but were attacked by a large creature. The Coluan was bitten but Kent managed to throw the creature off a cliff.
Kent carried the unconscious Coluan back to his ship. He realized they were refugees and tried to reason with them. The chief steward implored him to show his strength and kill them. Kent disagreed that was what strength was. The Coluan awoke and told the others what happened. They lowered their weapons. The chief steward was angry and took Kent's actions as an insult.