Population matters in military strength
I throw this example out as a purposeful disadvantage for my nation, being I can’t hold forever in attritional war, with Trianar, you have such a larger population whereby you can feed people to the grinder when needed
This is why I focus on Ewar, rather than trying to match anybody in the sector gun for gun, because I will lose in literally any engagement that isn’t majorly stacked in my favor (be it missile support, jamming, et. all), I focus on deception and stealth, because ambushing is my only way in, and why I’m requisitioning civilian ships for ambush/position holding roles