A cited Dominion War sourcebook gives a prewar ground force of 200,000, an expanded strength of 250,000, and wartime casualties of 105,000. Those are fictional sourcebook figures, while the television examples show personnel drawn from ships defending positions ashore. A listening post is offered as the sort of place specialist ground forces should defend. The resulting criticism concerns the gap between the written organization and the forces actually portrayed. The force's small size is also questioned against the number of planets in the Federation.
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Star Trek ground forces in sourcebooks and on screen
A Dominion War sourcebook's ground-force figures conflict with a screen portrayal that repeatedly sends ship personnel into land battles.