Quote Originally Posted by silentenigma View Post
I was under the impression that Cloud & Co. knew that the plan couldn't work.
I think the only Huge Materia you can't possibly lose/are stuck with is the one from the Submarine battle. There's no way to lose this battle (I think). You can lose all of the other Huge Materia by being too slow and in the case of Fort Condor by allowing yourself to die at the hands of Commander Grand Horn (which isn't easy given the level you're at and you have to make sure you're not equipped with Counter materias).
In any case, even if Shinra has the Huge Materia, given the fact that the FMV doesn't change to show more damage to the Meteor, obviously the Huge Materia is F-ing useless toward this goal. As for why Cloud thought it was so important to get it back... I guess they thought they could get better use out of it.