The Galaxy-class Odyssey being destroyed in "The Jem'hadar" with the writers saying that if it was Picard, he would've got "smoked" too. (See the DS9 Companion.)
Thus proving even the DS9 writers could be snarky jackasses.
All I know is that Picard swept in and rescued their "tough little ship."
And that's canon.![]()
The writers said they wanted it to be a Galaxy class ship because of the Enterprise association, so when the dominion destroyed it, we'd take the new enemy seriously, and not dismiss them as all talk no action pussys like the Romulans