As theFranklincruised through a funnel of burning flames caused by a cascade of drone-swarm collisions, Krall""s ship and two other surviving underling ships, after being pursued by Bones"" and Spock""s stolen swarm drone, entered into theYorktownspace station, and were struck by the belly of the starshipFranklinas it sank into a water fountain in the central plaza-square of the main city, near headquarters.She told how it was "cracked by a nuclear explosion in space" - and they escaped.Their presence explained why Luthor had received three Alpha Waves on his black box detector, and he planned to be their equally-evil, super-villainous contact on Earth: "Someone with the same wonderful contempt for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.[The film never identifies his location - Georgia.] A sign advertises:Beds --- 15 centsMeals --- 15 centsBaths --- 5 centsA fellow drifter-tramp named Pete (Preston Foster), who is playing solitaire, proposes going to a lunch-wagon/diner for a handout of hamburgers...A Giant Robot!""From Out Of Space...A Warning And An Ultimatum!""Strange Power From Another Planet Menaces The Earth!""The World Faced With Destruction By Strange "Men" and Demonic Machines From A Distant Planet!"This cautionary science fiction parable began with the landing of a spacecraft on DC""s Ellipse in the early 1950s.