SFDebris: Yesterday's Enterprise

[McAvoy]

Well we are talking about five powers fighting it out in a much shorter timeframe. Maybe they factored in the use of more powerful weapons being used before the Allies finally surrender. Planet cracking weapons or something.

[Deepcrush]

That or they could have also considered the maximum loss of life due to an expected Dominion take over of the entire Alpha Quadrant. There are a lot of "ifs" for the issue.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

And they didn't even foresee Serena helping Bashir out.

[Deepcrush]

With combat predictions you always estimate to the extreme.