Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-29729442-20161212012142/@comment-26893431-20161213203739

Party Vanderbilt wrote: Then it also possibly goes back to the Empire's tactics having changed. I mean, at that point the book's nearly 300 years old. Though I'd really be inclined to say it's more that gameplay trumps story.

Or, maybe, just maybe, they don't spend their best soldiers on a civil war because the Dominion is a bigger threat?