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I think I finally figured out what happened on the day of the meteor shower when Clark & Kara arrived and Lindsay Harrison (the fake Kara) was struck by a meteor. The following threads/posts are what brought me to my conclusion:
1. The link below is to a thread that talks about Jor-El's AI in Clark's ship in its descent to Earth sabotaging Kara's ship so that it would keep her in suspended animation after landing/crashing.
2. The link below is to a post where I talk about my theory on Jor-El in the cave wall and how his AI did not inhabit the cave until the events of Exodus.
Now by putting these together, we get a very possible grand scenario of what happened on the day of the meteor shower. I'll take it in steps.
1. On Krypton, we know something caused Jor-El & Zor-El to grow apart and become enemies. Lara had something to do with it, but it probably started before Jor-El took her away from Zor-El. Regardless, Jor-El from Krypton knew that he could not trust Zor-El and would have known about Zor-El's blue crystal and the ship he built for Kara. He knew that if Kara got to Earth and followed Zor-El's instructions that she would unite the stones to form the FOS and that Zor-El would be released and would rule the world. He knew Kal-El/Clark would be defenseless to stop him because he would be a baby and would also be brainwashed by him. So he knew he had to do something to buy Kal-El some time.
2. Fast forward to Clark's ship's voyage to Earth. We know Kara's ship was not far behind. Jor-El based on what I laid out in #1 would have programmed the heart of the ship he built to stop Kara from being released so he could buy his own son some time. So the AI in the heart of Clark's ship sent a signal to Kara's ship so that it would seal her in & keep her in suspended animation even after it landed. This way, it would allow Clark to seek out the stones when he came of age and eventually form the Fortress of Solitude and prevent Zor-El's blue crystal from being inserted into it. Even though Kara's ship was bigger, it was technologically inferior because it did not have the AI of Zor-El guiding it as Clark's ship had with Jor-El's AI. Zor-El did not build a disembodied AI of himself. Instead he focused on creating a replicant using that blue crystal. Since the blue crystal was powerless unless if plugged into the FOS, Jor-El was at an advantage here and his AI would be able to sabotage Kara's ship. There is no other comprehensible reason as to why Kara's ship did not open after it landed. Landing in water should not have been a problem if Zor-El knew anything about Earth, which he did.
3. Now for Lindsay Harrison (the fake Kara). We know from Covenant that her car took a direct hit from a meteor. The only part of the cave Kara could have been from the day of the 1st meteor shower until Covenant and not been found was the hidden chamber where the altar was located. She even said it herself. Now if you check the 2nd link I posted (above), you'll see my theory on how Jor-El's will was transferred into the cave on the day Clark's ship exploded in Exodus and not earlier. Even if you disagree and think Jor-El's AI was in the cave from before the meteor shower, you still have to ask how Kara's body got into the chamber. Jor-El wasn't active at that time and there are no signs that he could levitate her or suck her into the cave wall from outside the cave. Something must have gotten her into the cave. I have an explanation to this, but will use my theory that says the Jor-El AI was not in the cave prior to Exodus:
a. When the meteor impacted with Linday's car, it sent her flying out of her car and into the hole that Clark fell through as he was dirtbiking in Skinwalker. The impact with the meteor killed her & turned her into a meteor freak and preserved her body much like Tyler Randall's body was preserved after he died in the episode Reaper. Like Clark in Skinwalker, she landed in the cave area with the Naman symbols.
b. After a few minutes, Lindsay, like Tyler Randall in Reaper, rose from the dead and began walking around. She started looking at the symbols in the dark cave & was confused.
c. Going back to #2 (above)...we know that Kara's ship was approaching Earth. In order for Zor-El's plan to work, the FOS had to be built after Kara unified the stones. But she had to place the stones into the altar in that hidden chamber in the cave so that the stones would combine into that unified crystal that would create the FOS. The problem was that Zor-El did not have the key to the cave because Jor-El had placed it on/in Clark's ship. Zor-El would not know if the key would get lost as a result of the impact of Clark's ship with Earth. So instead, Zor-El provided Kara's ship with the energy needed to open the cave wall (like Isobel did with her magic). Before it landed, Kara's ship sent out a signal to open the cave wall so that Kara would be able to access the altar to place the stones in. The hidden chamber opened up when this signal was emitted. This is when Lindsay was startled and walked into the chamber. Having sensed the signal Kara's ship was emitting, Jor-El's AI in Clark's ship began its sequence to sabotage Kara's ship to keep her in suspended animation upon landing. Once the sabotage process was complete, it would then send a signal to once again close up that chamber. The chamber closed thereafter with Lindsay Harrison trapped inside.
d. We now look at Dr. Walden & Clark in the episodes Rosetta and Calling. We know that both Clark and later Walden in Rosetta get downloaded with the Kryptonian language, but Walden goes into a coma because he is a human and the cave reacts differently to him. In Calling, Walden has free will to rearrange the cave symbols and find out who the last son who will rule really is. In Rosetta & Calling, all sorts of information that Jor-El would never divulge to anyone other than Clark is released. Later on, we see that Jor-El doesn't want humans to learn about Kryptonian knowledge as in the case with the stones. In Rosetta, we see that anyone (even humans) using the key can acquire Kryptonian knowledge and in Calling Walden doesn't even need the key anymore and uses his hands.
e. Fast forward to the events of Exodus. Clark destroyed his ship using Lionel's kryptonite key as Jor-El expected (see the 2nd link posted above for details) and the energy radiating out of the explosion was received by the cave wall. Jor-El as a result takes control of the caves and becomes a gatekeeper of all Kryptonian information, putting an end to the irresponsible divulging of info that took place in Rosetta & Calling. As he takes control, he also notices a girl trapped in the hidden chamber of the cave where the altar resides & leaves her there.
f. In Exile, Jor-El & Jonathan have the following exchange:
Jor-El: His destiny is too great for you to comprehend. This was Kal-El's first test to see if he was ready to begin his journey.
Jonathan: He's too young! He needs more time!
Jor-El: This phase of Kal-El's journey is almost complete. It will be of no consequence if he returns to you ... for now.
In this exchange, it's clear that Jor-El expected Clark to respond the way he did, which was to find a way to destroy the ship & follow through to actually do so. From here, we get a clue that Jor-El to a point wanted Clark to destroy the ship or at least designed the ship with that expectation so that it would start the process of getting the AI to the cave, where a lot more information had been stored than in the heart of Clark's ship.
Jonathan makes a deal with Jor-El to get Clark back, which we learn more about later.
g. Fast forward to Legacy. Here we find out that Jor-El is waiting. At the time the episode aired, we didn't know what, but looking back we know he's waiting for Jonathan to give Clark back to him. Jonathan does not do this. Instead he ignores the message and goes to the cave, causing the key to get sucked into the wall and get into Dr. Swann's hands. Instead of giving Clark back to Jor-El, Jonathan causes a delay in Clark's training because he no longer has the key, which he needed to get into that hidden chamber to start his training to secure the stones.
h. Sometime between Legacy and Covenant, Jor-El gets sick of waiting for Jonathan to give Clark back to him and realizes that he's been stiffed on his end. As item e explained, Jor-El for a while now knows that a girl is trapped in the hidden chamber of the cave. So he now resorts to plan B and starts to overload her with energy from the cave and starts reprogramming her to bring Clark back to him.
i. Fast forward to Covenant. Here is when we find out that Jonathan broke his deal with Jor-El. Jonathan admits to Martha that he didn't want her worrying about something that may never happen (being Jor-El wanting Clark back). By now, Jor-El is done reprogramming Lindsay Harrison. He gives her the name of Kara, which happened to be the real name of Clark's cousin, who Jor-El's AI sealed in her own ship & knew wouldn't be around to expose the fake Kara. He releases her to the Kent farm to bring back Clark because Jonathan broke his promise. The truth about Kara/Lindsay is exposed but it's too late and Jor-El forces Clark to enter the cave wall by threatening Jonathan's life.
So there it is. This theory explains why Kara's ship never opened & why it kept her in suspended animation and also explains how Lindsay Harrison was transformed into the fake Kara and Jor-El's AI's roles in each. It also explains (or at least takes into account) that Jor-El's AI did not inhabit the cave wall until Exodus. And perhaps the biggest piece of evidence that I haven't mentioned until now to support Jor-El's AI taking possession of the cave due to the explosion of Clark's ship is that if Jor-El's AI had been in the cave prior to Exodus, then there was no way he would ever allow the real Kara to access the alter to unify the stones had she not remained in suspended animation, making Zor-El's plan useless & impossible. Zor-El would have known about Jor-El's AI in the cave if it was there prior to Exodus and would know that his plan would never work and would not have wasted his time.
1. The link below is to a thread that talks about Jor-El's AI in Clark's ship in its descent to Earth sabotaging Kara's ship so that it would keep her in suspended animation after landing/crashing.
2. The link below is to a post where I talk about my theory on Jor-El in the cave wall and how his AI did not inhabit the cave until the events of Exodus.
Now by putting these together, we get a very possible grand scenario of what happened on the day of the meteor shower. I'll take it in steps.
1. On Krypton, we know something caused Jor-El & Zor-El to grow apart and become enemies. Lara had something to do with it, but it probably started before Jor-El took her away from Zor-El. Regardless, Jor-El from Krypton knew that he could not trust Zor-El and would have known about Zor-El's blue crystal and the ship he built for Kara. He knew that if Kara got to Earth and followed Zor-El's instructions that she would unite the stones to form the FOS and that Zor-El would be released and would rule the world. He knew Kal-El/Clark would be defenseless to stop him because he would be a baby and would also be brainwashed by him. So he knew he had to do something to buy Kal-El some time.
2. Fast forward to Clark's ship's voyage to Earth. We know Kara's ship was not far behind. Jor-El based on what I laid out in #1 would have programmed the heart of the ship he built to stop Kara from being released so he could buy his own son some time. So the AI in the heart of Clark's ship sent a signal to Kara's ship so that it would seal her in & keep her in suspended animation even after it landed. This way, it would allow Clark to seek out the stones when he came of age and eventually form the Fortress of Solitude and prevent Zor-El's blue crystal from being inserted into it. Even though Kara's ship was bigger, it was technologically inferior because it did not have the AI of Zor-El guiding it as Clark's ship had with Jor-El's AI. Zor-El did not build a disembodied AI of himself. Instead he focused on creating a replicant using that blue crystal. Since the blue crystal was powerless unless if plugged into the FOS, Jor-El was at an advantage here and his AI would be able to sabotage Kara's ship. There is no other comprehensible reason as to why Kara's ship did not open after it landed. Landing in water should not have been a problem if Zor-El knew anything about Earth, which he did.
3. Now for Lindsay Harrison (the fake Kara). We know from Covenant that her car took a direct hit from a meteor. The only part of the cave Kara could have been from the day of the 1st meteor shower until Covenant and not been found was the hidden chamber where the altar was located. She even said it herself. Now if you check the 2nd link I posted (above), you'll see my theory on how Jor-El's will was transferred into the cave on the day Clark's ship exploded in Exodus and not earlier. Even if you disagree and think Jor-El's AI was in the cave from before the meteor shower, you still have to ask how Kara's body got into the chamber. Jor-El wasn't active at that time and there are no signs that he could levitate her or suck her into the cave wall from outside the cave. Something must have gotten her into the cave. I have an explanation to this, but will use my theory that says the Jor-El AI was not in the cave prior to Exodus:
a. When the meteor impacted with Linday's car, it sent her flying out of her car and into the hole that Clark fell through as he was dirtbiking in Skinwalker. The impact with the meteor killed her & turned her into a meteor freak and preserved her body much like Tyler Randall's body was preserved after he died in the episode Reaper. Like Clark in Skinwalker, she landed in the cave area with the Naman symbols.
b. After a few minutes, Lindsay, like Tyler Randall in Reaper, rose from the dead and began walking around. She started looking at the symbols in the dark cave & was confused.
c. Going back to #2 (above)...we know that Kara's ship was approaching Earth. In order for Zor-El's plan to work, the FOS had to be built after Kara unified the stones. But she had to place the stones into the altar in that hidden chamber in the cave so that the stones would combine into that unified crystal that would create the FOS. The problem was that Zor-El did not have the key to the cave because Jor-El had placed it on/in Clark's ship. Zor-El would not know if the key would get lost as a result of the impact of Clark's ship with Earth. So instead, Zor-El provided Kara's ship with the energy needed to open the cave wall (like Isobel did with her magic). Before it landed, Kara's ship sent out a signal to open the cave wall so that Kara would be able to access the altar to place the stones in. The hidden chamber opened up when this signal was emitted. This is when Lindsay was startled and walked into the chamber. Having sensed the signal Kara's ship was emitting, Jor-El's AI in Clark's ship began its sequence to sabotage Kara's ship to keep her in suspended animation upon landing. Once the sabotage process was complete, it would then send a signal to once again close up that chamber. The chamber closed thereafter with Lindsay Harrison trapped inside.
d. We now look at Dr. Walden & Clark in the episodes Rosetta and Calling. We know that both Clark and later Walden in Rosetta get downloaded with the Kryptonian language, but Walden goes into a coma because he is a human and the cave reacts differently to him. In Calling, Walden has free will to rearrange the cave symbols and find out who the last son who will rule really is. In Rosetta & Calling, all sorts of information that Jor-El would never divulge to anyone other than Clark is released. Later on, we see that Jor-El doesn't want humans to learn about Kryptonian knowledge as in the case with the stones. In Rosetta, we see that anyone (even humans) using the key can acquire Kryptonian knowledge and in Calling Walden doesn't even need the key anymore and uses his hands.
e. Fast forward to the events of Exodus. Clark destroyed his ship using Lionel's kryptonite key as Jor-El expected (see the 2nd link posted above for details) and the energy radiating out of the explosion was received by the cave wall. Jor-El as a result takes control of the caves and becomes a gatekeeper of all Kryptonian information, putting an end to the irresponsible divulging of info that took place in Rosetta & Calling. As he takes control, he also notices a girl trapped in the hidden chamber of the cave where the altar resides & leaves her there.
f. In Exile, Jor-El & Jonathan have the following exchange:
Jor-El: His destiny is too great for you to comprehend. This was Kal-El's first test to see if he was ready to begin his journey.
Jonathan: He's too young! He needs more time!
Jor-El: This phase of Kal-El's journey is almost complete. It will be of no consequence if he returns to you ... for now.
In this exchange, it's clear that Jor-El expected Clark to respond the way he did, which was to find a way to destroy the ship & follow through to actually do so. From here, we get a clue that Jor-El to a point wanted Clark to destroy the ship or at least designed the ship with that expectation so that it would start the process of getting the AI to the cave, where a lot more information had been stored than in the heart of Clark's ship.
Jonathan makes a deal with Jor-El to get Clark back, which we learn more about later.
g. Fast forward to Legacy. Here we find out that Jor-El is waiting. At the time the episode aired, we didn't know what, but looking back we know he's waiting for Jonathan to give Clark back to him. Jonathan does not do this. Instead he ignores the message and goes to the cave, causing the key to get sucked into the wall and get into Dr. Swann's hands. Instead of giving Clark back to Jor-El, Jonathan causes a delay in Clark's training because he no longer has the key, which he needed to get into that hidden chamber to start his training to secure the stones.
h. Sometime between Legacy and Covenant, Jor-El gets sick of waiting for Jonathan to give Clark back to him and realizes that he's been stiffed on his end. As item e explained, Jor-El for a while now knows that a girl is trapped in the hidden chamber of the cave. So he now resorts to plan B and starts to overload her with energy from the cave and starts reprogramming her to bring Clark back to him.
i. Fast forward to Covenant. Here is when we find out that Jonathan broke his deal with Jor-El. Jonathan admits to Martha that he didn't want her worrying about something that may never happen (being Jor-El wanting Clark back). By now, Jor-El is done reprogramming Lindsay Harrison. He gives her the name of Kara, which happened to be the real name of Clark's cousin, who Jor-El's AI sealed in her own ship & knew wouldn't be around to expose the fake Kara. He releases her to the Kent farm to bring back Clark because Jonathan broke his promise. The truth about Kara/Lindsay is exposed but it's too late and Jor-El forces Clark to enter the cave wall by threatening Jonathan's life.
So there it is. This theory explains why Kara's ship never opened & why it kept her in suspended animation and also explains how Lindsay Harrison was transformed into the fake Kara and Jor-El's AI's roles in each. It also explains (or at least takes into account) that Jor-El's AI did not inhabit the cave wall until Exodus. And perhaps the biggest piece of evidence that I haven't mentioned until now to support Jor-El's AI taking possession of the cave due to the explosion of Clark's ship is that if Jor-El's AI had been in the cave prior to Exodus, then there was no way he would ever allow the real Kara to access the alter to unify the stones had she not remained in suspended animation, making Zor-El's plan useless & impossible. Zor-El would have known about Jor-El's AI in the cave if it was there prior to Exodus and would know that his plan would never work and would not have wasted his time.
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