Why are science ships usually slower than other ships?
For example, the oberth (warp 7 - 8), nova (warp 6 - 7), miranda (warp 5 - 6), raven (warp 5 - 5.5), and romulan science ship (warp 6 - 7.8) (all science ships), are all slower than other ships (warp 9 - 9.99).