As the planetary starbase on Trelka V was heavily defended and assigned a garrison of ten thousand troops, Martok had no expectations of destroying or capturing the base, which would have required the firepower of half of the Ninth Fleet. However, Martok was confident of being able to keep the Dominion off balance by quickly striking one target, then moving on to the next. He planned further attacks on targets increasingly deeper in Cardassian territory, including the Manora shipyards, the Jem'Hadar breeding facility on Sheva II, and the supply depot in the Borias Cluster. Martok would take a squadron of five Klingon Birds-of-Prey, entering Cardassian space under cloak, as he considered K't'inga-class and Vor'cha-class cruisers to be too slow and unwieldy for such a mission.