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In case of the Bonestell, she either was there to fire her puny weapons (does an Oberth have any weapons at all?), or to provide torpedo reloads for the rest of the ships (Oberths are known as supply ships, after all), or to operate some sort of experimental jamming gear or other special weapon being tested aboard the ship (like the Pegasus tested the phase-cloak).
Similar logic could apply to the Apollo class Gage in that battle if need be.
But in case of the Agamemnon, the Apollo class ship in "Descent", I seriously doubt any of the above would apply. There was plenty of time in that episode to summon non-puny ships. Also, it seems unlikely that a supply ship would be one of the only three ships comprising Tast Force Three in that episode, if the other two were an Excelsior and a Galaxy - logically, any supply ships would come in addition to the mere three fighting vessels, and the ships explicitly mentioned would be the significant combat platforms in the Task Force. And special weapons apparently weren't an issue in "Descent", since there was absolutely no dialogue on them, no preparations aboard the E-D.
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I think it's also possible that the Bonestell just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Studying Wolf 359 itself or something, when the call came up for any available ship.
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They guys who said that the apollo was a transport. Looking at the Fact Files schematic it appears to have 3 forward torpedo tubes and at least 3 forward phaser arrays. I think this ship was design at the vulcan ship yards as a light cruiser or destroyer.
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Which fact files issue is that? Do you have the pics of it?
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In DS9 "For the Cause", we see a Vulcan freighter operated by the Maquis. It is very similar to the ships seen in "Unification", with just some extra structures added to the stern (the model served as the Tosk ship in between, in "Captive Pursuit", and these modifications seem to date from back then).
Of course, a light cruiser could look similar to a freighter. I just don't think that is a very good idea. Ships ought to have distinct appearances related to their mission. Unfortunately, that isn't always true of Trek.
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I think the Bonestell was at the battle as an observer, recording battle data for further review since the Feds didn't know much about them besides the Raven expedition.
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