But that's neither here nor there.
It is conceivable that some supplies might not be kept aboard the transport (although that would kind of defeat the purpose of having an all-in-one assault transport), but also remember that Jem'Hadar don't eat (at least according to the child Odo rescued and raised), and that even if they did matter could be stored and replicated as needed.
Also, many people on this site have discussed the "Appalling Lack Of Ground Vehicles"(TM), and it could be argued that the Jem'Hadar simply don't carry their support vehicles with them. A command post need be no more than a First, a few subordinates, and some PADDs and scanners. Communication equipment is carried by each soldier, and does not seem to be centralized except for BIG installations (AR-558).
I believe that the big advantages of the Jem'Hadar is that they don't require anywhere near as much logistical support as traditional soldiers would. Seriously, keep the White coming and they're happy (and fed). Also, they are generally shock troops who are beamed around to trouble spots (usually urban warfare), and don't seem to need support vehicles at all. When you have ships in orbit (particularly one of those dreadnoughts), you wouldn't exactly need artillery!
In conclusion, I don't know if 2,000,000 is a LITTLE exaggeration, but I think it is more reasonable than some think. I figured very conservatively on 4.8 million square meters per deck. Assuming 50 decks, that is 240 million square meters. I am sitting in a room that is about 20 square meters, give or take. Triple bunked, I could probably fit around 24 people in there with a good amount of equipment (certainly the stuff we see Jem'Hadar carry). If the whole floor space of each of those decks was living quarters like that, we have 12,000,000 barrack rooms. If that was ALL they needed, I can fit 288 million Jem'Hadar on that ship!
Now honestly, that is a BIT much
. Let's assume that the usable width of each deck (no accommodations in the wings, etc) is only about 500m. That gives a per-deck space of only 2.4 million square meters. I will keep with the 50 soldier-decks, but remember that if each deck was 4 meters, and the ship is 1,300 meters tall, there could be more than 325 decks! I think devoting the equivalent of 50 for soldiers alone is more than reasonable, if troop transport is a primary design goal. (that leaves around 275 decks for ship equipment, weapons, shields, etc. Not to mention all those precious ground vehicles.)But I digress. So 50 decks of 2.4 million square meters gives us 120 million square meters on the accommodation decks. That would mean that each of those 2 million Jem'Hadar would have 60 square meters all to himself. Now that breaks down to, what? 540 square feet or so? There are smaller apartments. Probably even in New York.
I could cram a LOT of white, rifles, pistols, pikes, even a gaggle of those ridiculous mines in there and still have room to mess around in! Even if the actual deck space was lower due to the shape of the ship, remember that there are around 275 more decks to use!
