Messala has respect for the influential Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and tells his centurion: "This was his country before it was ours.] But the Kryptonian Law Council refused to listen and dismissed his claims.Suddenly, General Zod (Michael Shannon) and his armed, loyalist Rebel followers instigated a coup d""etat.They are relentlessly being stalked by bounty hunters, one of whom is Pike""s former friend Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan), who would rather side with the outlaws if it weren""t for the threat of being sent back to Yuma Prison...I""m trying to save you!").As he Vulture attempted to fly off with the treasure, the radiation from the reactors caused the Chitauri technology in his wings to short-circuit and explode.The space station crashed on the planet hundreds of yearsbeforehe did.After the crash, one of the more intelligent apes, named Semos [an anagram of Moses], led a violent mutiny and took control of the vessel and its occupants in a siege.