Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11188061-20141008045121/@comment-10390252-20150316094453

173.58.100.7 wrote: Like what, smuggle in a nuke or something comparable? Let me remind you of Cinder's words to Mercury: "It isn't about overpowering your foes, it's about taking away what power they have."

If we take that as a guiding philosophy, she doesn't intend to defeat the Huntsmen and Huntresses, just render them powerless. That doesn't even have to be literal. If she can manufacture a 'General Order 66' scenario where they are discredited and lose their governmental sanction (possibly even outlawed), then they their threat to her end-game is greatly reduced.