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Does anybody else have trouble taking Cardassian warships very seriously in DS9? They always felt like a paper tiger.
Literally the first time we see them, the Phoenix is going on a one ship tear against them. It easily destroys a Cardassian warship despite the Cardassians having the prefix code to lower it's shields.
When the Galor class attacked the Enterprise, it was firing all its weapons and barely putting a dent in the Galaxy class's shields. Picard calmly tried hailing them a few times while they fired in vain, then said "Number One, I believe we have been exemplary in our patience." Boom, the Enterprise fired one (maybe two, don't remember) shot and disabled their engines.
The Kingons invaded Cardassian space and nearly overwhelmed the entire thing, to the point that the government was evacuated from Cardassia prime. This happened near instantaneously. Yes it was a surprise attack, but it was also only about 1/3rd of their military, and they got in far enough that Cardassia prime was threatened and their military didn't think they could defend it.
