Fewest assumptions = simplest. EOS
But by all means, how many assumptions (and denial) must you make to accept the SBT versus that CE-399 was planted?
Show us Occam's Razor in the hands of an expert, such as yourself.
Consider for a moment Newton's second law, F=ma. Simple isn't it?
But it doesn't tell the whole story. It assumes that the mass cannot deform, and that there is no drag acting on it once it moves.
So, the real equation has to add those terms, and we get the familiar 2nd order ODE, F=ma+cv+kx where cv is the the drag term and kx represents the deformation of the mass under load. F=ma is simple, but F=ma+cv+kx is correct.
At least, more correct. F=ma+cv+kx assumes that the ma, cv, and kx terms are linear. But they really aren't. It turns out that mass is a function of velocity, and kx is only considered to be linear through a relatively limited range of x-values.
Removing the assumptions makes things more complicated.
But you're a physicist, so you know that already, right?