User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Antagonist, Cinder Fall/@comment-12227301-20131219212159/@comment-10380701-20131220002804

Vale is too big of a target. I think.

Either way, whatever they blow up, it could be as an example to the rest of Remnant.

Kinda like demonstrating a nuke to scare the shit out of other countries.