TNG s7e12 "The Pegasus"
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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I've argued it before and I'll argue it to the bitter end, but the Cardassians were never a major power, despite how much they like to brag they were. The breadth of the Federation Cardassian War was never outright explained but it's been suggested it was mostly border wars and skirmishes with the occasional outbreak (Setlik III). It's been outright stated that Cardassia is a very resource-poor planet, where they had to plunder their own museums to pay for the war effort, and they have to occupy and strip-mine peaceful planets like Bajor. In one of the alternate timelines from Parallels there was a scenario where the Bajorans were able to completely overthrow the Cardassian Empire leading to its collapse and them joining the Federation.
When the Klingons were duped into attacking them as a precursor to the Dominion War, the Cardies had to hide behind the Federation for protection. Then when they turned coat and joined the Dominion they were used merely as cannon fodder.
Back to my point, they were trying to goad the Federation back into the war but likely to get Starfleet to throw the first punch. This would have made them not appear as the aggressors and paint the federation as the villains to either damage their reputation and/or draw other groups to their side. Even during the first war, Starfleet was likely pulling their punches just to avoid political backlash and fallout, and likely why they were a little too accommodating with the treaty and DMZ.