->      They weren't trying to save the human race, they were fighting
-> for the life of the planet.  That is why avalanche was started.
        It was never Barret's intention to destroy the human race to
save the planet. Barret's motives were purely personal and purely
against Shinra. Saving the planet was just an excuse for his personal
crusade against Shinra after what they did to his town, his family and
his friends. He admitted as much while on the bridge right before
everyone got to North Corel, at which point we found out how he lost his
arm, and the real reason that Avalanche was founded.
        If he didn't care for the human race or only cared for saving
the planet then he wouldn't have been so upset with the death of his
co-conspirators or so devastated when everyone in the Sector was killed
in retaliation for their terrorist attack on the Shinra powerplant.
        Everything to him was the fault of Shinra, and rationalizations
on why Shinra must be destroyed.
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