Quote Originally Posted by ChazNatlo View Post
Besides trying to drop a Moon on everyone? I should point out that the fact that Gaius and Varis are noted to have objected to the Meteor plan means that it was presented as a plan, and they discussed it as a real option. It wasn't just one Madman that got some Allagan technology and went rogue, they developed the method, planned it out, and had a debate on whether it was an acceptable plan.
After having your supposedly unbeatable airship fleet ripped apart out of nowhere by more dragons than anybody has seen since, you'd consider the nuclear option, too. It's reasonable only in the context of a panic response.